CHILDREN IN BUSINESS

CHILDREN IN BUSINESS

l am blessed with two angels, whom each birth brought me to the knowing and seeing the wonders of God. My boy, when he got to the state of knowing what he wants for life, he chose the path of tech, every attempt to make him have alternative choice prove abortive, he was very focused and determined and no one could persuade him even his educationist father could not but at the end, he was given admission into university studying what he loves to do, I knew from the beginning that my boy cannot do trade business because he will allow his emotions to take the best part of him, whenever we went to the market and you started to bargain, my son will almost wanted to cry saying you bargain too low and that the seller might actually not gained anything as the trader proposes. I was paying attention to his comments and I do educate him that no buyer will sell below their cost price that it is only a gimmick the trader use to see if they can deter you from bidding the price. From such circumstances I knew my boy cannot do trade business and I started focusing on his strength and area of interest and that was why I gave him support when he chose the path he loves to study in, it is really important that we pay attention to them while they started showing interest in whatever you are doing, do not see it as being too early or too expository for their knowledge as the saying goes you catch them young.

For my son, I noticed that he was fast in discovering the hidden app in phones, sort out problems and easily finds shortcuts in phones and how it can serve better and he handles gadgets until he discovers their makeup.

Parent, please wake up gone are the days where you insist that your son follow your path of profession, let us stop from engaging in futility effort that takes us nowhere but eat up our valuable money and waste our children time of progress, while go study medicine for 7years and end up as fashion design or the baker that will have taken fewer years to study whereby the child would have moved faster and better if they had been given the opportunity to follow their passion.


While on the other side my daughter had the gift of drawing from the kindergarten age but we thought it will get shaken off as she grew but it never did and that led us to allow her to do some brush-up lessons during the holiday with a professional artist. she later studied a social science course but she finds her path back to becoming an artist for fashion and being a portrait artist. I started the pushing to business when I saw her drawings and she was able to incorporate it into fashion, she become so elated about it, then I began to think of how we can turn this gift of hers into the product that fetch her money, little by little she started and with great support from family and friends she was able to carve her nitch.


Two children are not likely to be the same, even some twins are never alike in their choices. Discover what child A is gifted in and help child B to discover that passion. It is the mistake of our generation to impose a career we were not able to achieve upon the children as an obligation they must fulfill .Give room for flexibility and be the support system needed.
There is no age too early to start earning money or to start acquiring knowledge that will help in perfect that passion stirring up in the child.
It is our duty to seek professional assistance on behalf of our children, guide them but not force,
even when we think we know what is best for them it is advisable to seek guidance in the area of approach so that we would not destroy the purpose or turn them totally from destiny

Another key advice is for the parent not to start feasting on the profit from the child’s business, it is important you let the child has a part in the decision making of the finance, if it is in the position of a teenager, it is advisable to separate business from the family affair by allowing professionals to handle the finance with the child’s continuity in business still in the big picture.
If we have made some mistakes in the area of deterring your child from pursuing the desired career, it is not too late to repent, call in for truce, admit you are wrong and seek for the way forward and if you are still lacking in helping to discover the boy or the girl, it is not over yet, keep at it seek help as a parent, take counsel from the right quarters, read more and love them for who they are and this will go along way. I hope this piece will be of assistance to you.