Parent Education for the Parental Role in Children's Vocational Choices

This paper attempts to describe, from the research literature and current experimental projects, how parents affect a child's vocational choice and what parents can do to help children improve their vocational prospects, the opportunities and responsibilities of parents in the socialization processes which lead to the children's vocational choices, and what parent educators can do to help parents be more effective with their children's vocational growth and problems through group meetings and individual counseling for youth and parents, and through published materials.