Helping children find their passion can be daunting.
Passion–it’s an almost overwhelming interest in some endeavor.
I believe everyone should have a passion. Parents and children.
As an adult it’s somewhat easy to find that passion, but for children, finding a personal passion can be overwhelming.
Overtime, I’ve developed an idea about this. My theory is that children will learn to develop their own passions by first identifying with their parents’ passion.
Every time I meet a new homeschooling mom, I try to figure out what her passion is, and then see if her children are catching it.
Homeschooling makes this sort of difficult because I don’t run into many new homeschoolers.
However, I have met someone new that is proving this to be true. So I’ll use her as an example. This lady is my children’s karate teacher. She is a homeschooling mom, working on her 3rd degree black belt, and she is fierce.
What’s really cool about this homeschooling black belt wearing mama is that she has taught her sons to be ninjas. One is a second degree black belt. One is a first degree black belt. Another is a brown belt. And her young daughter is right in line behind her brothers!
This is the beauty of parenting!
When a mom finds her passion, the children get to experience it!
Of course, there’s no gaurantee that all children will have the same passion as their parents.
But, have you noticed that doctors run in families?
When I was in college, I majored in engineering. And I hated it. I became curious why other students chose their major. (I chose mine for economic reasons)
Well, I started asking my peers what they were majoring in, and I asked what their parents did for a living.
I immediately realized that engineers run in families. And so do teachers. And so do doctors. And lawyers…
Although there is no guarantee, it seems like a pretty good possibility that if moms follow their passion, the children may follow her.
So if your goal is to help your student find his passion, start by first finding yours!