As parents, we all wish that our children come out to be just like us in emulating our good qualities and character traits. Often, however, it occurs that our children come out to be our exact opposite, and place their emphasis and excitement in matters that we ignore, while they tend to ignore the matters that we feel are important and we tend to excel in. For example, a father who is a great rabbi and Torah scholar wishes that his son likewise turn out to be a Rabbi and Torah scholar. Well, what if the child turns out to rather place his emphasis and interest on business and wealth. The above teaching emphasizes to us that there is no need for our children to be exactly like us, as there are many avenues in service of G-d, and there are many missions that each Jew is given to accomplish. While the divine ordained mission of a father may be in the field of Rabbinics, the mission of his son may be in the field of business to make a living and give charity. Just as the world needs the Torah learner known as the Yosheiv Ohel, so too it also needs the businessman known as the Baal Eisek, and each one comes to complement the other. We should all learn to recognize the special qualities and interests and challenges of our children and try to channel them in the direction that is right for them even if it may not be right for us. Notwithstanding, we must simultaneously educate them with a Torah education so that they love the learning of Torah and strive to assiduously study it and become true Ovdei Hashem and Yirei Shamayim.