Mothers and fathers can do a lot to ensure a safe landing in early adulthood for their kids. Even if a job’s starting salary seems too small to satisfy an emerging adult’s need for rapid content, the transition from school to work can be less of a setback if the startup adult is ready for the move. Here are a few measures, drawn from my book Ready or Not, Here Life Comes, that parents can take to prevent what I can "work life unreadiness":
Kids need a range of authentic role models—as opposed to members of their clique, pop stars and vaunted athletes. Have regular dinner table discussions about people the family knows and how they got where they are. Discuss the joys and downsides of your own career and encourage your kids to form some ideas about their own future. When asked what they want to do, they should be discouraged from saying "I have no idea" . They can change their mMothers and fathers can do a lot to ensure a safe landing in early adulthood for their kids. Even if a job’s starting salary seems too small to satisfy an emerging adult’s need for rapid content, the transition from school to work can be less of a setback if the startup adult is ready for the move. Here are a few measures, drawn from my book Ready or Not, Here Life Comes, that parents can take to prevent what I can "work life unreadiness":
You can start this process when they are 11 or 12. Periodically review their emerging strengths and weaknesses with them and work together on any shortcomings, like difficulty in communicating well or collaborating. Also, identify the kinds of interests they keep coming back to, as these offer clues to the careers that will fit them best.（）
W: Hello, how can I help you
M: Good morning. I seem to have hurt my wrist.
W: Yes How did you do that
M: Well, I’m not actually sure. I think... I did go to party last night, and urn, I sort of fell up the steps, and I may have done it then.
W: You fell on it, do you think
M: Well, I think so. I do remember falling over.
W: OK, let me have a look at it, could I Yes, it’s rather serious. Dose this hurt
M: Yes it does actually, yes.
W: Well, my advice is that you should get it X-rayed. I think it could be broken.
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M: How can I help you, Ms Johnson
W: Mmm ... First, I’d like to order thirty coats, order Number P25J5.
M: OK, order Number P2515, coats, thirty.
W: How much are they
M: Forty-five dollars each.
W: OK. And gloves, order Number P28D5. How much are they
M: Five dollars a pair. How many do you need
W: Fifty.
M: Gloves, fifty pairs, five dollars a pair, P28D5. OK.
W: And shoes. Twenty-five pairs of order Number P26T5.
M: Shoes, order Number P26T5, twenty-five pairs at eighteen dollars a pair. Is that OK
W: Yes, that’s fine.
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