It has to be a very interesting creativity exercise participate in your child's class trying to explain what you do at work. It is clear that children learn many of the professions that exist from a very young age, the most typical are the fireman, the policeman, the baker, the farmer, the farmer, the bus driver and the teacher. All with their correspondence in the feminine gender, so that nobody feels offended. However, as society becomes sophisticated, new professions and especially new functionalities begin to appear that, when trying to explain them to children, can be complicated.
Recently I saw a television ad in which the employee of an insurance company had to explain what he was doing in his son's class. And the boy was very worried thinking that his father was not going to do it well and what was worse, that his classmates were going to laugh at his father and himself. The announcement ends well because in the end a famous athlete appeared who sponsors the brand and explained, with a simple phrase, what the company was doing. Although the truth is that the father fails to convey what he does ...
If you had to do the exerciseWhat would you worry if they understood? How would you explain what you do? What examples would you give them? What materials would you use to reinforce your message? How would you make them participate?
I loved an exercise that I read recently in which the father explained his experience in the classroom. And, after the son looked at him with the face of Don't bother him, dad! He armed himself with courage and explained it in a very playful and participatory way. Because he raised the exercise as a game, Well, a game!, the children thought and divided the class into two groups and suggested that the two groups sell a product. The same. Without any difference.
And so He began to ask how each product could be improved: service offered, attractive gifts when you buy it, make more products, build closed packages, use bold colors, etc. And so it was identifying with the children what kind of feature made the product more attractive.
The company this father is dedicated to is a computer services company so at the end of the class he explained that his job was basically that each company was able to better manage its processes, business actions, people, etc. to get more products sold.
It seems that the father succeeded with the explanations and that the children were not disappointed. In addition he also used the company logo, which always have some additional message, to better explain what he was doing.
I found it a most interesting exercise to practice at home. I encourage you to do it and I also encourage schools to energize the kids a bit with parental involvement. It will always be good for them to know what future awaits them, although for them, at their age, it is quite incomprehensible to understand.
