Many of the employees think of their career path and plans begins during their employment or when they already secured a job. But basically, if we look at what becomes of a person, you can root it from the upbringing of the person, to be more specific, from childhood.

    As parents, we usually groom our children's future according to what we are or what we wanted to be. We buy them toys and educational materials according to what we dream our children would become someday. For example, we know that becoming a teacher means a lot of sacrifices and lot of time worked but the pay is not satisfying. Thus, if we see this profession not favorable financially, we discourage our children to become teachers. However, the earliest exposure of children are usually in the medical field profession （every time they visits the hospital for consultation or any medical requirements） and the education or teaching profession （by the time they start attending classes）. Information other than the two profession mentioned came from the parents and later exposure or experiences when they grew up and learn of their interest according to their special skills.

    In career pathing, the parents' role plays a major part for the individual's success in identifying their chosen career. The best approach is to support the child's interest and not forcing them to take courses that the parents wanted for themselves. Support can be provided by helping them read materials on their field of interest, exposing them to the career and providing information as to the advantages and sacrifices that one may take to accomplish their chosen field. This is not difficult nowadays. The internet and the publications are now very affordable and even the media provides the information for the different careers that our children may take. There are shows and programs that can provide a picture of the different field. But before you go to your television and change the channel of what your children is watching, check first if the program is fit for their age and maturity.

    很多職業人士認為他們的職業道路和計劃開始于工作期間或是當他們已經找到工作之時。但如果我們看看一個人的成長歷程，你基本上會把它歸根于這個人所受的教育，更準確地說，是童年時期。

    作為父母，我們通常根據我們自己或是我們想成為的自己來規劃孩子的未來。我們依照自己對孩子的期望給他們買文具和學習資料。例如，我們知道成為一名教師意味著大量的犧牲和付出更多的時間，可報酬卻不盡如人意。因此，如果我們認為這個職業在經濟上沒有優勢，我們就阻止自己的孩子成為一名教師。

    然而，孩子們最早的職業傾向通常出現在醫學領域（每次他們去醫院問診或有任何醫療需求的時候）和教育或教學領域（他們開始上學的時候）.不同于上面提到的兩類職業，信息主要來源于父母，后期的傾向或成長過程中的種種經歷以及根據他們所具備的特殊技能對自己興趣的了解。

    在職業道路上，父母所扮演的角色對一個人選擇的職業成功與否起著舉足輕重的作用。最好的方式就是鼓勵孩子的興趣，不要強迫他們去學父母自己想學的課程。對孩子的支持可以通過幫其閱讀他們興趣范圍內的資料，讓他們了解這個行業，提供一些信息如他們選擇這個職業后可能得到的利益和將會做出的犧牲。在今天這些已不是難事。網絡和刊物很容易獲取，連媒體也為孩子們未來可能從事的不同職業提供信息，各種各樣的欄目為我們呈現了一幅不同領域的圖畫。但是在你走向電視機準備換掉孩子正在收看的節目之前，先看看這個節目是否適合他們的年齡和心智發展程度。