Careers and majors for Helper kids
Helpers are drawn to teaching, caring for and supporting other people. They tend to notice who is left out. You may see younger kids following them around, or watch them explain something patiently until another kid finally gets it.
What they need is real responsibility for someone, time around people who need them, and adults who treat that care as a skill rather than just being nice. What tends to bore them is working alone for long stretches, and competition for its own sake.
Careers to explore
- Trade: Coach, Veterinary work
- Degree: Teacher, Nurse, Therapist, Physical therapist, Social worker
- Creative or own business: Running a coaching or care practice
College majors to look at
- Nursing: Care for people when they need it most.
- Psychology: Learn why people think and feel the way they do.
- Public Health: Help whole communities stay healthy.
- Education: Learn how people learn, and how to teach them.
- Human Development: Learn how people grow and change through life.
- Global and Community Health: Help whole communities stay healthy.
- Speech and Language Sciences: Learn how people speak, and how to help when it is hard.
- Nutrition Science: Learn how food keeps people healthy.
- Animal Science: Learn how to care for animals.
- Anthropology: Study how people live around the world.
- Community and Regional Development: Help towns and neighborhoods work better for people.
In high school
Peer tutoring, health science or child development electives, psychology, community service clubs and coaching younger teams.
Ask the counselor about peer tutoring or mentoring programs, and which health or human-services classes are offered.
Not sure this is your kid?
Most kids don't fit one box, and interests change.
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