The same is true for having children. Arrange for her to have a mentor. Keep informed about what classes she should take so that she is challenged and stays on a track that keeps her options open. Math, science, and technical classes offer opportunities to learn and practice problem solving and independent thinking, skills that are critical to building personal confidence and competence, to being creative, to being resilient, and to accessing high-paying work. Support her exploration of nontraditional careers.
Nontraditional careers provide a variety of work options and increase a person's earnings.
Over their lifetimes, women who choose nontraditional careers can expect to earn 150 percent of what women who choose traditional careers earn. Take a girl to your work and to other places of work. Participate in Take Our Daughters to Work Day , the fourth Thursday of April each year. Share the positive and negative aspects of your work by talking about what you like and what you don't like. Be a coach.