04/27/2024
If you’re a parent who has a high schooler or college student struggling with feeling overwhelmed, you need to hear this.👇🏽
They are NOT ALONE.
They need to stop being so hard on themselves. Everyone, no matter how smart or talented, has struggled.
Of course, they must acknowledge and process these emotions. But, what your teen may not realize is that even the most seasoned engineers have days like these. Take it from me.
In college, I had my fair share of hardship. And doubts crept in, such as…
❌ I was often questioning if I chose the right major.
❌ I did not feel I was smart enough or cut out for this career.
❌ I was worried that engineering would always be this hard.
❌ I thought that it came naturally to everyone else but me.
In those early moments of my schooling, I could have given up, but I was able to take some simple steps and everything turned around. So instead of crawling under a rock, I changed my mindset to…
✅ Focusing on what I could control.
✅ Getting organized and making a plan.
✅ Kept moving forward.
✅ Leveraged my campus resources.
These are small, but very powerful tools, and I’m positive some or all of them will work for your teen.
👉🏼And obviously there’s a lot more I could say about all of this, so if you want to find out more, check out this post on the Engineering Expectations site:
https://engineeringexpectations.com/how-to-keep-majoring-engineering/
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