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How to Help Your Children Make Career Choices: Careers for Kids

By Dawn Rosenberg McKay, About.com

Career planning should start as early as possible. Here's how to help your children explore the many options that are available in order to make informed decisions.
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Here's How:
  1. Talk with your child about his or her interests.
  2. Share information about your career with your child.
  3. Provide opportunities for your child to visit you at work.
  4. Allow your child to take part in 'job shadowing,' in order to expose him or her to various occupations.
  5. Point out your child's skills and interests and how they relate to various careers.
  6. Don't pressure your child to make choices -- this is just the time to start thinking about career choices.
Tips:
  1. It's never to early to start talking about careers.
  2. Provide age appropriate information. Give only as much information as your child can understand.
  3. Don't try to steer your child in the direction you feel is right. Career choice is a personal decision.
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