Subject choices get made at thirteen and fourteen, and the consequences land at eighteen. Somewhere in between, a parent has to raise it at the kitchen table and get back more than a shrug.
Careers is a series of four online evenings for parents, run by Genius Premium Tuition with About Mind, a Cape Town career guidance practice. Each evening takes one of the big questions in subject choice and careers as they are now. Every session stands on its own, so come to one or come to all four.
The promise: you will leave understanding what the decision in front of your child actually settles, and what to do next, whether or not you ever use a tutor or a career assessment. This is information, not a sales pitch.
This is the most practical session of the four, and the one parents are least likely to have been offered anywhere else: how to talk to your own child about this without closing the conversation down.
What we'll cover
- Guiding rather than advising: the difference between "you should" and "have you considered".
- What to say when they say "I don't know".
- Holding a family's hopes and a child's own direction at the same time.
- How to be supportive and realistic at the same time.
- The handful of phrases that keep a conversation open.
Our guest specialists
These evenings are run with About Mind, a Cape Town career guidance practice, whose work is psychometric career assessment and subject choice guidance, led by a career guidance psychologist.
The details
- When: Thursday 17 September 2026 at 18:00 (SAST). Forty-five minutes, then fifteen minutes of live questions.
- Where: Online, via Google Meet. Join from anywhere.
- Who it's for: parents, all grades. Students are welcome to sit in with a parent.
- The series: four Thursdays, 27 August, 3 September, 10 September and 17 September 2026. Each evening stands on its own.
- Cost: free.
How to attend
Registration is by RSVP. Complete the short form and we will email your Google Meet link before the evening.
One registration covers the series. Tick the evenings you would like to join and a link is sent for each one, before each one. There is no need to register again.
Bring your questions. Each evening closes with fifteen minutes of them, and anything we do not get to is answered afterwards by email.
