Is pressure on students to adopt careers of their parent’s choice right or wrong?

 Shamita was a very bright student and was very much active in extra co curricular activities as well. She was exceptionally brilliant in chess and had won many awards on state and national level and had represented her school many times on State and National level.

She was infact the chess champ of her school and her city. She secured 96 percent in his tenth board exam. She always wanted to excel in the career of chess and had aspirations to become the world’s most successful chess champ.

She had no aspirations to become an Engineer or Doctor instead she wanted to work in the direction of her goal of being the famous chess player. But her parents were reluctant. Her father said her to adopt for careers like Engineering or Management because these are the best and most successful careers today.

She was disheartened as her main interest was in making career in chess and with her brilliance she knew she will make it to that field but due to her parents constant pressure she crushed her feelings inside her heart and opted for the science stream and worked hard for various top engineering entrance exams of the country.

She could never forget chess and her aspirations related to that and never took interest in her studies wholeheartedly. As a result she failed in her exams and could not make it to the country’s best Institute. She became frustrated and committed suicide.

This is the story of every second child in our country who have to face the undue aspirations of parents and who are forced to run in the rat race and unhealthy competitions of life.

The solution according to our mindsets is that Shamita’s parents should have allowed her to choose career of her choice as she was desperate and focussed on attaining the goal of being the chess champ in the world.

Her parents should have understood her interest and her abilities in that field and should have supported her at their best but they wanted to see her successful from their point of view ,they didn’t think that a person needs to be successful in his or her eyes first then only he feels real inner satisfaction and happiness in life.

The ultimate solution is with God as he should give all such parents the correct direction to think what is right and what is wrong for their children.

The parents must be given enlightenment by god not to make their children run in the worldly race of being famous and rich overnight.

Children should be allowed to decide their interests and goals on their own so that they can enjoy their work and their life by choosing the field they are interested in.

Parents should be given career counselling of their children so that they do not lose their children in the process of forcing their choices on them