[attach]5826[/attach] How important is it for teens to have job experience or an internship before graduating from high school? 高中毕业之前，有工作经验或实习经验对青少年有多么重要？
A low-level part-time job (the most available to high schools students) in retail or fast food require little creativity or self-direction.
而低水平的零售业或快餐店的兼职工作（高中生最经常参加的工作）不需要太多的创造力或者自我方向。
High school is a great time to develop marketable job skills like leadership, ability to work with a diverse group of people to accomplish a goal, creative problem solving, and other foundation skills.
高中是培养技能最好的时候，比如领导能力、与各种人协作完成目标的能力，创造性解决问题的能力，以及其他基础能力。
How has the economy changed for teens today as opposed to when their parents graduated from high school?
当今青少年的经济变化与当年父母高中毕业时的经济状况又怎样的不同？
Employers today value a more select, complex foundation of knowledge and skills—ones that cannot be outsourced or automated.
雇主今天更加珍惜知识和技能的多项性和复杂性——这是无法外包和自动化的。
Skills such as creating new ideas to solve problems, working in diverse groups and complex pattern recognition are a few examples. In the next five to ten years, the need for these skills is likely to accelerate.
诸如创造新的想法解决问题的能力，在多样化的组织中工作的能力，复杂模式的识别能力都是很少见的。但在未来的5年到10年里，对这种技能的需求会增加。
Unfortunately, most schools train students for the old economy and do not have the resources to teach these new skills very well.
不幸的是，大部分的学校还是以旧时代背景的要求训练学生，而且也没有资源很好的教授学生们新的技能。
Parents can and do play an important role in supporting their teen’s development “outside the box” for greater resilience and adaptation in the new economy.
在培养更好的适应能力和适应新经济的过程中，父母在支持青少年“打破常规”的发展中扮演着非常重要的角色。
Name one thing you would encourage parents to do today to help their teen with academic and career planning? 能够列举一件鼓励父母们帮助青少年制定学业和职业计划的事情吗？
Support your teen’s interests that match their personality, even if you don’t think that focus will lead to a lucrative career choice right now.
支持与他们个性匹配的兴趣，即使你现在不认为这种兴趣会有益于从事高薪职业。
例如，如果你的孩子是个艺术家，并且能够真正的享受绘画，那么就支持他在这个领域的兴趣发展。
Decades of research show the benefits of choosing a career and education path that motivates and interests students outweigh concerns about choosing “the best career” or a “hot major.”
很多研究显示，选择一个有动力、能够吸引孩子的职业或学习途径，带来的好处远比考虑选择“最好的职业”或“热门专业”带来的好处多。
（2）stick with their choice of major or program of study
坚持他们选择的专业或研究的项目，
（3）graduate from college on time
按时从大学毕业，
（4）experience higher job satisfaction,
接受满意度较高的工作，
（5）perform better in their job.
在工作中表现良好。
如果我们把孩子推向与他们个性和兴趣不匹配的职业或教育途径，那么就会出现问题。
Despite recent focus on and promotion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers, not everyone fits the personality of a software engineer or a scientist.
尽管当今世界的焦点是促进科学、技术、工程和数学（Science, Technology, Engineering and Math ，简称STEM ），但并不是每个人都适合软件工程师或科学家的人格特性。
作为父母，我们关心的就是孩子的幸福。
Supporting their curiosity, motivation, competency and interests is the best preparation for successful adaption to future changes in technology, our economy and the job market.
支持他们的好奇心、动力、能力和兴趣，就是帮助他们在未来成功地适应科技、经济、职业市场的变化做最好的准备。
