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Parent Career Decision Canvas

A better career decision starts with better questions.

The Canvas helps your family examine the teenager, the pathway, the commitment and the uncertainty around it in one structured conversation.

It will not score the pathway or tell you what to choose.

You do not need perfect answers. “Not sure yet” is useful information — it tells you what evidence may still be needed.

Six steps

  1. 1
    Fit

    Is this something they actually want?

  2. 2
    Commitment

    What are we actually committing to?

  3. 3
    Decision-critical risks

    What could actually change this decision?

  4. 4
    Uncertainty

    What do we know — and what are we guessing?

  5. 5
    Robustness

    Does this choice still work if the future surprises us?

  6. 6
    Next evidence

    What will we find out next?

Section 1 belongs to the teenager. The rest should be a family conversation.

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