Coaching Kids to Career Success

Eight Things Parents and Grandparents Can Do

By: Nick and Cathy Synko

As parents, you help your children to build a strong faith, get a strong education, and develop a strong and healthy body. Do you also consider how to help them build a strong career path? This isn’t just about having a good job and financial security.

It’s about helping them to find fulfillment by recognizing and using the talents God has given them. No parent can foresee every vocational challenge their children will face. Some journeys are longer and more difficult than others. But there are some things we can do to help our children discern how God is calling them to serve him and others through their work.

Here are eight suggestions drawn from our experience as organizational consultants and career coaches who have helped hundreds of people to integrate their faith, career, and life. We offer them, too, as parents who have tested these approaches on the home front. They are easily adapted for use with children of all ages. They can also be a springboard for discussion and prayer between spouses, or for a talk with an older child.

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