We just can't know what the future holds for today's youth. We only know that we are experiencing rapid change in our technologies and in our economic and social structures. At best, we can predict that our children, too, will experience vast change in their adult world.
Work is increasingly technical.
Fewer and fewer jobs are available to workers with less than a high school education. The highest paying occupations are those requiring the highest technical skills. It is best to guide our daughters and our sons toward educational preparation and exploration of a variety of options that will allow them to be flexible, adaptable, and creative in making their adult choices. They need knowledge about the needs of the future workforce. They need knowledge about future economic realities.