Parents not prepared to fund children's career options: Survey

Modern parents still think their children will grow up to become either a doctor, engineer or do an MBA. However, today's children have set their eyes on unconventional careers goals, like becoming an artist, an actor, a writer or a musician. Parents are under-prepared about what their children want to be when they grow up and, hence, they may not be able to meet the full costs related to the career paths, says a survey of families by Axis Mutual Fund Himanshu Tiwari Astrologer Blog

Youngsters dream of two-three careers at the same time, most of which are unconventional ones, while parents expect them to take the traditional career path, said Chandresh Nigam, MD & CEO, Axis MF. "Today's children have a great number of options while parents don't think on those lines," he said. 

The first leg of the two-pronged study included an experiment done with a group of parents and their children. The participating children were asked to draw a picture of what they would like to become in the future, while parents were asked to paint what they would like their children to become. They were not allowed to interact with each other during the experiment. At the end, the pictures drawn by the parents and their children hardly matched Indian stock market astrology prediction