CAR, I don’t think there is any definitive answer as to how to guide future generations. We can all try to make “educated guesses,” but, with so many variables in life, there will never be any guarantees–regardless of the path one’s child chooses.

I think a step in the right direction would be for the masses to stop believing education necessarily “guarantees” one a better or even perfect life. In some cases it may, in others, it may not–you make your bets and you take your chances.

IMO that “guarantee” is a myth many Americans (and others) have been sold for reasons that, should I share my thoughts, might be construed as bordering on a conspiracy theory–so I won’t elaborate–but let’s not
forget–education is as as much a “business,” as any other “for-profit” endeavor–and the more “buyers” the merrier.

The choices we, and our kids made happened to have worked out as planned, but, even though we crossed every “t” and dotted every “i” to the best of our abilities, we knew it could have been otherwise.

That said, and, again, only IMO, every individual and family should be honest with themselves concerning the abilities of their children, as well as their own resources, before they commit to, and invest, in any particular path for their children.

At that point, you can only hope you have made the right decision(s),and, unfortunately, nothing but time will prove if the right choices were made.