NEEDED: an instruction Manual

When we are born, what we remember most are cooing relatives and neighbors and strangers, proclaiming to our parents how 'lucky' they are to have such a "beautiful" child. Being from the generation where all that mattered was school, college, marriage and a big family with kids, I am sure most whole heartedly agreed. Most of the mothers took on the role of the Alpha head of the family, giving up their jobs to look after the child with full devotion. I doubt any of them thought Oh! I cannot do this! or anything on those lines.

Newer generation of parents are finding it hard to cope with the whole Lets have a baby! thing. I heard a couple complaining recently about why babies couldn't come with an instruction manual or a video to train them to look after the child.
Frankly speaking, I would love to have an instruction manual telling me what all I am capable of. Honestly? It is SO much easier considering the fact that the number of people who are sure of themselves make up a teensy weensy bit of the society. For the rest of us normal people, life's about as easy to figure out as a labyrinth. I mean lets face it- how many of us are sure  about what they want to do with life? In my experience, we are what we are because the society was like that at the time of decision making.
Like today, it is virtually impossible to imagine an Indian who is pathetic at both science and math and loves humanities. It is unheard of, an idea so foreign it has been pushed to the fringes of society where no one dares to touch it. So naturally, India produces more doctors and engineers than anywhere else in the world, with lawyers and designers being an almost extinct breed.
This brings me back to my initial point. It is an utter and total waste when more than half of the society which is capable of joining jobs in the humanities stream wasted their life in science and math because their parents or teachers or neighbors felt it right.Or maybe, the person was so confused with what to do, she ended up following what everyone said.

It would be so much easier if we were born with a stamp on the forehead that said FUTURE DOCTOR or FUTURE LAWYER. That way we would avoid confusions. We could probably be delivering babies who came with manuals that would have things like How to tackle my mood swings? and What I DON'T LIKE TO EAT?. But then there would be no drama. =P