Parent's role in student's academic career

Parents in Making Career for their Children

Parents shall be the guide for their wards to prepare a base for a better future.  In typical Indian scenario, parents want their children to become engineers or doctor or whatever they want their children to be.  Sorry to say that that is not the right way.  When I started teaching, I learned that some of the students were not receptive in the class.  They are just like toys in the class without any reaction or response.  Most of them become mechanical after a period of time because of the stress they face and because of the frustration.  An important request to parents is the children shall brought up by encouraging their innate talents.  It may be in music / literature / science / engineering – whatever it is.  Every job has its own self esteem and value.  So please do not stop children from performing their inborn talents.
The main reason for making children join engineering programme is because of the status in the society or because of the relatives doing engineering.  Basically, it should be with a specific objective in mind, to build the future of the child.  It is their future, their life.  They are responsible for whatever they choose.
Once they have started their education, it is parent’s responsibility to be in touch with the teachers to know the performance of the ward.  In most of the cases, students feel frustrated in the first year itself because of the workload, because of 6 to 8 hour class timings and finally hostel life.  In this tech-era, there is so much to distract students from their studies.  Parents play a key role in shaping the future and it is this environment that a child is born and brought up.