Living up to your parents expectations
My View on Pressure of Living Up To You Parents by Siobhan Lynch
I am here to tell you that you are not your parents.
Many of you reading this are still living at home with one or both parents who are either disapproving of your educational and/or recreational choices or are trying to push you into a future that you don’t want.
Although the idea that parents only want whats best for their children has existed for generations, I believe that it is only the last couple of generations that have really felt forced into a career or vocational path by their mom and dad.
Just sixty years ago the primary focus of post-education was to earn enough money to support your immediate nuclear family, which usually consisted of a mother, father and many siblings after the second world war.
It was enough that a son could finish his education and become a mechanic or greengrocers assistant, or that a daughter could become a waitress without her family feeling disappointed in her so long as they could both help to support their families.
However, in todays society, the idea of well-paying jobs such as becoming a lawyer or doctor have become glamorised not for their contribution to society but for their generous wage package.
All over the world kids are brought up to believe they want to become doctors or businessmen or women not because they are enjoyable jobs that will reflect their desires but because they earn a lot of money.
In an economy that has seen the average price of a house rise to ten times that of an average yearly wage, the idea that a child should undergo an education they do not enjoy in order to be able to buy a house has become acceptable and is having a terrible effect on our young generation.
The pressure that adults feel they need to put on their teenage sons and daughters in order for them to get a well-paying job so that they can get a house and seem desirable to a future mate so that they can grow up to
I am here to tell you that you are not your parents.
Many of you reading this are still living at home with one or both parents who are either disapproving of your educational and/or recreational choices or are trying to push you into a future that you don’t want.
Although the idea that parents only want whats best for their children has existed for generations, I believe that it is only the last couple of generations that have really felt forced into a career or vocational path by their mom and dad.
Just sixty years ago the primary focus of post-education was to earn enough money to support your immediate nuclear family, which usually consisted of a mother, father and many siblings after the second world war.
It was enough that a son could finish his education and become a mechanic or greengrocers assistant, or that a daughter could become a waitress without her family feeling disappointed in her so long as they could both help to support their families.
However, in todays society, the idea of well-paying jobs such as becoming a lawyer or doctor have become glamorised not for their contribution to society but for their generous wage package.
All over the world kids are brought up to believe they want to become doctors or businessmen or women not because they are enjoyable jobs that will reflect their desires but because they earn a lot of money.
In an economy that has seen the average price of a house rise to ten times that of an average yearly wage, the idea that a child should undergo an education they do not enjoy in order to be able to buy a house has become acceptable and is having a terrible effect on our young generation.
The pressure that adults feel they need to put on their teenage sons and daughters in order for them to get a well-paying job so that they can get a house and seem desirable to a future mate so that they can grow up to