Psychometric Test

The psychometric test isn’t just about judging your child’s aptitude, it is also a window into his interests, his attitude towards life and more. Get your kids to take one, because children at this age don’t really want to listen to what their parents are telling them. Our guidance counselors give you and your child a few career options, which look at both the practical advantages like money and his personal interests which we gauge through the tests.

An undergraduate degree is about doing something you enjoy but it is your post-graduation degree that counts. I get kids who want to become engineers because their friends or parents have told them to. They are genuinely excited about it, but through the tests, I’ve realized that they aren’t cut out for it. But we never tell a kid not to pursue something. I’ve seen people who haven’t had the aptitude for a career but have become successful through perseverance and hard work.

Get First-Hand Experience

After your child has a few career choices in mind, we get him to live these options. We get them to either shadow a family member or get internships to see what the job is actually like on the field. A child wants to get into medicine because his father was into it. So he makes him take up internships with a couple of different doctors and he runs away. He hates it and has never looked at medicine as an option again. In a child’s mind, dreams are built up either by parents telling them to pursue a career over the years or just through pure peer pressure. It’s good to have dreams, but you need to know what you are getting into before pursuing it. We also keep tabs on their progress through time. If they need help in any way they come back to us. It is important to let your child know that you care.

Chart out a Plan.

Most parents in India treat their kids as children, they are actually young adults who will soon be making all of the life’s big choices themselves. Parents have the knowledge but don’t know how to play it out for the kids.

We have a meeting with the kids and their parents, corporate style. Write everything down on paper, make it black and white. A child came to me earlier this year who wanted to become a pilot. But during our counseling session, we realized that he hates claustrophobic spaces, there was no way he could become one if he didn’t get over this feeling. If we didn’t speak to him, he would have realized this too late. Let him see that you have a thought process behind your suggestions and create an eight-year plan with them.

If kids know what their goals are, it will keep them motivated. We give kids shorter goals, over a two-year period or a six year period and they will try and stick to the plan.