I suspect that I have harped upon this topic in the past but I believe reiterating it will underscore its importance.
Planning for your kid's education is something that no serious parent should leave to chance because your future is in your children. What you invest in your children is an investment that may last for posterity.
There are some question that you need to answer to help you tackle this assignment.
1. What kind of education do I require for my children? This is pertinent because it is possible to allow your children go to either a public or private school. In the case of private schools, which kind of private school will become important to answer.
2. What amount am I willing to invest on a monthly basis on my children's education? You need to look at your income to determine what is sustainable or else you find that children are made to lose valuable time when kept at home because of the inability of the parent to afford their school fees. This after a while may begin to affect the child psychologically.
3. Where do I want my children to go to school? The environment and society plays a key role in shaping the mentality and behavior of our children. Having attended a Catholic School myself where discipline was the watch word, there are just somethings I cannot bring myself to do no matter the allurement. If I may throw some advise to parents who intend to send their children abroad, please take cognizance of the risk of societal influence on your kids when taking such a decision.
4. Will I be able to effectively monitor and supervise my child's education if he or she attends a particular school? The child's education cannot be left completely in the hands of third parties. After all it is your investment that is at stake.
Now these questions might seem immaterial on the face of it but when you take a critical look at it, you will agree with me that planning for your child's education should be strategic and deliberate. In as much as you do not want to impose your will on the type of career your child will pursue, I strongly believe it is the responsibility of the parent to give the child the ability to compete favorably with his peers.
It take careful and deliberate planning to do this!
More next time.
God bless you.
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