What Do Your Kids Learn about Work and Money from Watching You? Take this quiz! Follow these tips!

"‘How do people understand the work world? Mainly from the images and snippets of conversations their parents have either shared with them, or by the behaviour of the parents themselves. This affects how people think about work, what they expect of work, and how they organize their work and personal lives. It might even make a difference to what people choose to do for a living’ says career expert Barbara Moses, author of What Next? Find the Work That's Right for You” in the Globe and Mail today.

“Love their jobs or hate them, parents are constantly sending signals about work and the workplace to their children, career experts say.”

What to do? Start by taking the 25-question quiz beginning on page 2 of the linked article. Then read the tips on page 3.

While you're at it, think about the messages your parents left you with regarding work and money and how those messages might be affecting your career today. Sometimes we don’t know why we do the things we do; a look back in time might offer helpful insight.