So parents can potentially do better. In the cases where the jobs they understand well are not underfilled or overpaid, shouldn’t they trust official recommendations? Possibly parents could know enough relatives/friends to hear of at least one underfilled/overpaid job to make such cases rare.
If you know that a career is underfilled and overpaid, you can get your kid a job there.
If there’s official competent training, then more people will be directed at the job, and the pay:effort disparity will disappear.
So parents can potentially do better. In the cases where the jobs they understand well are not underfilled or overpaid, shouldn’t they trust official recommendations? Possibly parents could know enough relatives/friends to hear of at least one underfilled/overpaid job to make such cases rare.