The Maze of Life

How do you get your kids out of the maze?

The maze that makes them think they have to do certain things.

The maze that makes them feel like they are failing or are wrong if they don't stay on the path they set out for themselves, or change their path completely?

I am talking about the biggest step in a young adult's life.  The decision about which university or college to attend.

That alone is a big one - am I less of a person if I attend a college rather than a university or polytechnical school?

Where to go to school?  To leave home or not to leave home?

And what, if like my son, his plan all along has been to go out of the country for one sport, and now, another sport and his excelling grades are calling him in a new direction?  Yet, he is still in the maze.

Our job as parents, mentors, teachers, leaders and coaches is to help out young people through the maze.  The decisions at this point in their life are truly theirs to make, but with our guidance and perspective.

Help them get through the maze by listening
- looking for the emotion they hold,
have them share their feelings,
understand what differences each decision could make in their future,
look them in the eye and tell them you support what they decide
and will always be there for them.

The maze is hard.

We all went through it once...maybe more than that
...maybe over and over again as we changed careers, started families, moved to new cities.

The maze gives us an exciting and challenging life. 

Help our young people relish the maze.