A World for Us All

I just happened to wonder what our society might look like if the government implemented vocational orientation into its infrastructure to help highschool graduates with the next step of their lives: employment. You see, I've had this idea for a very long time that by doing this we could basically fix a lot of problems in our society right now, such as how satisfied people are with their lives, maybe even soften the amount of suicides. We offer people free vocational orientation and sort out their futures based on what they would like to do and what they're best at, you know, to bring out their potential. Next thing you know we have an entire population content with their jobs and doing great in their performance. But today something dawned on me, something quite personal. What if by doing this we are feeding the incapacity of a new generation to get anything done out of their own volition?

I have seen before the effect of not inspiring your kids to take risks and try new things of their own, that is something that clearly needs to be inspired by fathers everywhere in the world, since it is an attribute that can be linked to fatherhood. What you'll get if you don't is a child that grows up insecure about whether they can tackle a project or not, whether they can reach their goals. Most of these kids will fall prey to depression, victims to the preconceived ideation of failure.

Perhaps, in this reflection of mine, we could adopt the first idea of vocational orientation, and also enforce education for parents on how to effectively build the confidence in their children to reach the goals they aspire to. Speaking of which, if you must know, it can start in their infancy with games. All you need to do is play with your child, helping regulate the rules of the game, helping them reach higher and higher goals. Eventually in their teenage years they might develop more concrete projects, in which you can help them with motivational support and a few tips of the entrepreneurial trade. You never want to actually be the one doing anything for them. It's important that your child learns how to fail in the face of an actual challenge, and it is important that they learn to take real risks that may set them back somehow.