“What do you want to be when you grow up?” is undoubtedly one of the most common questions asked in our early life. When we were little kids, we would always talk about what we would want to be in the future when we got older. We would choose doctors, engineers, astronauts and so many more.

We all had a career we wanted to pursue, each being precise and fitting to us. But as a kid, we never thought about the influences to us or or how difficult it might be to get to that profession. However as we grew up, we slowly comprehend that those profession picks do not simply play a little role in our lives – it will mark the rest of our lives. There is a lot of pressure to what our profession would be, and a whole lot of that comes from our parents. 

A couple of years later and we are nearing the age where we will start pursuing what profession we want to take. Many of our parents feel the need for us to pursue a profession that we did not have in mind. There may be this added pressure they supply us to supposedly pick the right course for us to have a better future. They may be the folks that strived to get us through school and have a higher life and now they feel the right to tell you to pursue a different career than your dreams had in mind.  I’m positive everybody experienced this to varying degrees.

Sure, parental pressure does play a function in our profession selections. But it shouldn’t be the only thing.  They could make us pursue the profession they want or we will fight for the career we like. Our parents only need what’s best for us. It’s important to have many considerations as we weigh our selection, but parents shouldn’t be the only one.