Should we teach children to have businessman mentality or be successful employee

[sheenshane]

I am in favor of teaching the children to be business oriented.It will make them more independent and knows how to earn money at an early age.Anytime they can apply for any job but if they know how to manage a business they can have both.

here on the Philippines McDonald's are offering summer programs for kids as service crew for them. To teach them how to make burgers and greet customers. It left me to realize that this is employee mentality. Why not reach a child to bake cookies so that he can have additional income even when Summer breaks.

Not only McDonald's have a part-time job for that independent teenage that wants to earn an extra income while they are studying.
Me, I finished my course while studying at the same time working part-time in the fast-food chain, Jollibee food Corps. is the company that really help me.
So, it's the best thing to teach our children earlier business and the same time know how to be a productive way to have a source of income while they still studying. Like working crypto and working fast food chain as a crew, it is the best thing to know that they are stand by their own feet.

[a2offrb]

May I look at this from another angle? I think the cultural heritage and ethics is very paramount and needed to be considered before we can conclude whether the children should be business inclined or should be good employees. If it is in the culture where if the children are tailored in business, the children might not want to be very much serious about their further studies and might end up not been very good educationally to face other world Economic class, they should be trained  as successful employee at the initial stage and business inclination at adult stage.. In essence, I feel both should be applied based on the prevalence cultural heritage and ethics of that Economy.

[kier010]

it depends on your situation. just teach them to be content and happy in their life. or maybe you can ask them of what they want to grow up and suggest a good way for him/her to reach that goal.

[neliawesome]

Well for me I wanted to teach them both so that they will know the difference between the two.Its rather to teach them in that way so that they have choices what they wanted to be in the near future.

[Haxor321]

For being a parent, it is much better to hope and to think that our children will become a successful in their life when they grow up and dreaming that they will have a happy and better life in the future so it is much better that we will keep to their mind how their life can be if they will be the owner of one of the establishments in our country so it can gives them much better financial stability and healthy wealth.

[stephanirain]

We all have that thought why do Chinese people actually make it in the business world. The reason apparently is that at an early age, their parents are conditioning the minds of their children to do business in the hopes that they will actually be heirs to their family business.
In your opinion, should we be teaching them the same or teaching them to be successful employees for the sake of climbing up the economic ladder?

In my own personal opinion, it is great to teachyour child in a young age about business for them to have a good successful future when they grow up. But i think i will start to teach my child about business when he is in a legal age because it will be really strict if you push your child to learn about businesses. They should know their own path to be successful we only should guide them to be successful for their own.

[AimHigh]

It is better to train our child become a business minded and open their mind in terms of business than become a employee because as a employee my salary is not enough and you have a boss that frustrating you, shouting and stressing you but having a business you have your own time and better to have business that became a only employee.

[sunsilk]

We all have that thought why do Chinese people actually make it in the business world. The reason apparently is that at an early age, their parents are conditioning the minds of their children to do business in the hopes that they will actually be heirs to their family business.

That's true, their parents are not just conditioning them but they are exposing them in the real world. They are telling their kids to study harder so that they will become the best businessman not to find a good job.

See the difference on how they are thinking and I'm trying to adopt this mindset and tradition they are showing to the world, it seems to be effective.

In your opinion, should we be teaching them the same or teaching them to be successful employees for the sake of climbing up the economic ladder?

The fact that no one gets rich by working all day long in the office. Having one source of income isn't enough to become rich but that's a different thing of becoming successful and rich.

We tend to become successful when we become rich but there are people who are happy to land their dream job and that's a success for them.

I would teach my children to do whatever they like as long as it's the right path.

[UchihaRukawa]

We all have that thought why do Chinese people actually make it in the business world. The reason apparently is that at an early age, their parents are conditioning the minds of their children to do business in the hopes that they will actually be heirs to their family business.
In your opinion, should we be teaching them the same or teaching them to be successful employees for the sake of climbing up the economic ladder?
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As much as I admire Chinese mentality when it comes to conditioning the mind of their children to become businessman.i also taught  my children to be happy and content in everything..in the absence of success and fame happiness still remains the important value of life..

[Supreemo]

,let us just put it this way, if you were in their position and you are forced to do things you don't like or you were being dictated to which path  you will choose, would you like it? In my own opinion, i would rather teach my kids on how to save money, importance of earning and making their own money, and how should they treat and respect other people, rather than teaching them to become a good businessman without good morals in life.

[googs84]

We all have that thought why do Chinese people actually make it in the business world. The reason apparently is that at an early age, their parents are conditioning the minds of their children to do business in the hopes that they will actually be heirs to their family business.
In your opinion, should we be teaching them the same or teaching them to be successful employees for the sake of climbing up the economic ladder?

I think we should not be mixing up the things here. Currently education system and technology has advanced to next level and the specialisation in each field is at the peak level of everything. Big data companies and healthcare companies do need spacial skilled people to whom they are willing to pay the money they want and also at their comfort too. If thats the case then it wont be bad thing to let our kids do the job if they are skilled one. There is no shame in that.
And off course if everyone started to do the business then from where we will get the employment and who will run it.  

[orions.belt19]

I am in favor of teaching the children to be business oriented.It will make them more independent and knows how to earn money at an early age.Anytime they can apply for any job but if they know how to manage a business they can have both.

here on the Philippines McDonald's are offering summer programs for kids as service crew for them. To teach them how to make burgers and greet customers. It left me to realize that this is employee mentality. Why not reach a child to bake cookies so that he can have additional income even when Summer breaks.

Some great businessmen and CEOs are successful because of the experience they’ve had. Not only do they know how to be good leaders, but they know how it is like or have experienced how it is down the lines. I don’t see anything wrong with being taught to be a good employee.

From what I know, in Uniqlo (famous retail store) you’ll first have to go through sales first before getting up the ranks. No one gets to be manager before going through those levels first.

Of course, having your own business is different altogether. The hard part of entreneurship is coming up with something that’s unique or new to the market, and of course making it survive. There are a lot of businesses that fail because of poor management.

[Cofee.BLUE]

We all have that thought why do Chinese people actually make it in the business world. The reason apparently is that at an early age, their parents are conditioning the minds of their children to do business in the hopes that they will actually be heirs to their family business.
In your opinion, should we be teaching them the same or teaching them to be successful employees for the sake of climbing up the economic ladder?

That is a very nice question and worth discussing in this costly era!

The thing is, not every kid having skills to do a business and not every kid is made for the employee place. Everyone having their own development skills throughout the the life and everyone is not the same.

We have to really ask our kids whether they are interested in having the employed life or whether they are going to take the risk of doing business which can set their life forever. Its upto them really and if they agree on one thing then we can actually start working on their skill sets in that way.

That is right, every young youth has a different perspective and interest in their life and we as a parent or their guardian, I think we have no right to stop or remove what they wanted to be in their life in the future because they have their own life and we are only here to guide them to find the best and right path for them. However, if they are willing to be goes in a business industry then it's better for them to keep to their mind that being a businessman or business woman is much better that to be a successful employee therefore they will do their best just to reach that stage of their life.

[osh5]

I personally think we shouldn't be the one deciding or concluding the fate of the future of the children. We should only encourage them to be successful in life whether it's a job or business. Everyone has a different aptitude and intelligence which serves as the deciding factor for the future of a person. I don't find anything superior or inferior in between business or job. If a person wants to prove his/her intelligence and talent they can prove while remaining a job also and same could be done by doing a business too.
Business people can't make their mark without knowledgeable and reliable employees and without business nobody will have a place to utilize their talent. It goes hand in hand. Some people have the aptitude to take risks and have a broader vision to interpret the outcomes of the various decisions they make for future while there are people who doesn't want to take risk and want to grow with fixed returns and recognition from the work they do.

[weiweianll]

Making money is for work. What kind of job you choose depends on your child's interests and hobbies!
The right values have important implications for your child's growth!

[Godexists]

for me i think we should teach children to have businessman mentally because when they grow up they have the idea how to handle business and become independent and more responsible and they develop the skills they have someday.

[GoldenLad]

I would personally go with teaching kids how to have the businessman mentality. We can see the results of this in the life of the Chinese children and youth. At a tender age, some if not all, Chinese children can manage little business of their own capacity and come out successful. The time to catch and train a child is at a tender age not when he or she is already grown and ready for the future.

[Ctn]

I guess that is the best thing to do. We are moving into the world of costly stuff everywhere. Meaning we need abnormal amount of money to workout our easy life.  If they start with business mentality then soon they will become the successful entrepreneur! I mean the sooner they start with this the faster they will be able to grasp the skills required to Runa successful business. I think Chinese really right in this regard as they are making their kids grow in the right direction.

We should also stay smarter enough to keep our kids selective and smart as we are moving towards the world with full of smartness. 

[Nboramir]

I think to be a good employee because a successful businessman also should be capable of understand and differentiating between employees. If one learn to be good employee and always given the freedom he will one day shine and became a successful businessman.

[Choii]

Actually if i have a chance to have a children, i want to support my kids what they want to be when they grow up because every young youth has a different interest in their life, so if they want to become a successful employee or businessman, i'm here to support and give an advice what kind of carrer they choose.