The role of the family in the educational and professional choices of the Greek youth
Agni Viki and Efstratios Papanis The realization of personal ambitions and desires of the young, their preferences and their interests, but also their values, seem to play an important part in their choice of profession. Often though, all these are decisively influenced by the family environment, as can be seen in researches of the 70’s and the 80’s (Melanitis 1966, Lampiri – Dimaki 1974, Nasiakou 1980, Tzani 1983, Mylonas 1981, Baslis 1983, Moustaka & Kasimati 1984, Gideon 1986, Malikiosi – Loizou1987). The family environment is determined by many factors. Amongst those are: the social-financial position and the parent’s education, the mentality and the ideals, the size of the family, the children’s upbringing model, the parent’s professional model, their ambitions and desires for the children’s’ professional reinstatement, the parent’s philosophy about life, their attitude towards some professions or their prejudice against others, as well as their relationship between each other...