All parents have dreams for their children.
Openly communicated dreams have a powerful effect, but more subtle things that go on in every family may be an even stronger influence on children. Most people would readily agree that parental involvement in children's education, starting at birth, is an essential way to nourish children's achievements. These are more obvious ways parents help their children. These include the never forgotten lessons in decision-making, good or poor work habits, conflict resolution, and communication skills, that children carry with them their whole life. And families give their children a context for interpreting the realities of work by discussing their feelings about what it is like to work.