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When parents pressure you to choose a career path before you know yourself

My parents keep asking what I want to major in but honestly I have no idea who I even am yet, let alone what I want to do for the rest of my life.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The demand for premature certainty about future direction conflicts with the natural process of identity exploration.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Adolescent identity formation?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.