Ensuring a child's set up for a successful career, future financial security and a good quality of life is a pressing challenge for every parent. As parents, your children will look to you for advice and guidance even if they don’t like to admit it!Parents have a key role to play in the decision-making and the general career path your children choose to pursue; how involved should you be in this decision-making process? Should you adopt a hands-on role? What is the best advice you can give your child at this point?   Many of our parent make the mistake of trying to shield children from the mistakes that they made - whether knowingly or unknowingly. While we can guide them away from some of the pitfalls we encountered, they’ll inevitably make mistakes and hiccups along the journey – but these hiccups are vital for their personal growth.The best thing you can instil is a mature and sensible mind-set, giving your children the tools to make their own informed decisions.