by Sam Miller

Created on: March 22, 2009   Last Updated: March 24, 2009

Parents are responsible for sowing the seeds to assist their children become successes in life. Whether the children will ultimately become successful or not depends on the inculcation of the right moral values from the home. It's important for children to be brought up with the right attitudes that success depends on diligence, hardwork and faith in God that you could succeed at anything you have set your sights to accomplish. The parents should provide children the basic education and training to be able to succeed in the outside world. I will never advocate that children should be put under undue pressure to succeed by their parents. The parents are to guide the children into making the right career choice that suits their talents, temperaments and abilities. The making of the right career choice should be left alone for the children to determine, the consequences of a wrong choice of careers or of being forced by parents into a career that is unsuitable for them would only lead to frustration and ultimately failure.

Children are ultimately responsible for if they turn out as successes of failures in life. We are all responsible for the actions we take in life. What we need is the guidance and wisdom from our Elders who are more experienced than us and gone through challenges in life. Children need to be obedient to their parents and teachers, work hard at their studies in school because with a College degree they stand a better chance at succeeding than if they just dropped out of High School. The world we live in is a very competitive one and to succeed it is best you have a comparative advantage over the next person. Children should realize that they need to take advantage of every available opportunity offered; grants, student loans, scholarships, to finance their education, they should not stop at a College degree, but even further their education to Master's or even doctorate level.

There are are many ways parents could encourage their children to succeed one of the best practical ways that have worked for many families are quite and gentle persuasion of the child to make him belief in himself that he could do anything he has set as his goals to achieve in life. A positive self belief in the ability of the child to succeed at any thing is the right step to take by the Parents. Once you instill that self belief in the child you would have largely succeeded at positively affecting the child's future, which will make him believe in his ability to succeed in life.

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