Vaclav is like teenagers most at the age of 16. He is a bit shy, very busy on how he looks, a bit lazy, a bit uncertain on himself, he loves video games, he has some few hobbies and are a bit in the blue on what he wants to do with the future.
When we moved back to Prague from London he had to make a choice on what to study, and since he handle his guitar pretty well he chose to go to Music academy. In February,midwinter, when motivation was on the lowest he chose to drop out of school since he had no ambitions making music a job, which was fair enough.
However, the challenge for me as a dad was to figure out what he really wanted - what his dreams was, and it took me 2 months with frustration to figure out. After him turning the night into day with his Playstation, and slept when heroes were awake - I had made a decision for him.
My offer was simple, I would pay all the driving licences he wanted - and I had registered him for Captain course as a start. He took it very positive, and from the conversation we had he confessed that his dream is to become a pilot.
I told him to pass this first exam, and we will start flying from September on if he does. It is incredible how everything has changed the last month since he started doing the theory.
I am amazed to see how disciplined people become when they realize how close they are to achieve their dreams. I think the most difficult thing in parenting/coaching is to figure out what the young ones dream about. When you do this, the next steps are like a walk in the park.
You can contribute to help Vaclav achieving his dreams by upvoting this post, resteem it as well if you want. I will buy in a camera and make a documentary in September when we start up, as long as there are interest for it?
