Are our children too young to make career choices

;kysiesmum · Post by **;kysiesmum** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:54 am

My 6yr old ds when asked by santa last year what he wanted to be when he got bigger replied 'a teenager' now he's settled for just being 'older' at least he will achieve his goals

First-timer · Post by **First-timer** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 12:20 pm

I wanted to be Shirley Temple when I grew up. Wrong on so many levels...

yoyo123 · Post by **yoyo123** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:08 pm

mystery wrote:Sounds like all your children are more sensible than mine. When asked at age 3 what she wanted to do when she was grown up, my DD said "drink wine".

neurotic kent mum · Post by **neurotic kent mum** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:37 pm

ol. A sensible child!

heartmum · Post by **heartmum** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:05 pm

My DD at the age of 7 said she wanted to be Prime Minister of the country ... roll on three years ... now decided it would be "way too embarrasing" if no-one voted for you so "has got to rethink her plans!"

mystery · Post by **mystery** » Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:47 am

When she is older, she may find there are some (unsavoury) ways around the no votes problem

sherry_d · Post by **sherry_d** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 7:49 pm

DD nearly 10 wants to be a singer, I have told her it can be a little hard to be one , then she will become a dancer....again told her it will be a bit hard then maybe just a maybe she may become a hairdresser. I have said its better to own your though

Post by **hermanmunster** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:31 pm

I love the thought of drinkking wine!!!

Problem for teenagers is how they really have any clue at all what the job is like! Work experience tends to only show the interesting bits and anything tends to be exciting at 15/16.... None of it can prepare kids for whatit is really like to do the job for years.
Best prep I think is to have one or two parents moaning and groaning thoroughly for several years about their work (and looking cross eyed after night shifts) and then the DC STILL decides they want to do the same job!!!

Milla · Post by **Milla** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:18 am

DS2 (11) wants to be a king, an inventor or an exo-biologist (do these exist? what are they?)
DS1 (13) wants to be an actor. I've told him being Will Smith or being Johnny Depp is already taken. I've told him to work out his map for getting there, what he's going to do, the steps to take. He eye-rolled angrily and said, "I knew you didn't believe in me!!!"
My turn to eye roll

zee · Post by **zee** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:34 pm

hermanmunster wrote:Work experience tends to only show the interesting bits

You must know people who were very skilled or lucky at getting placements. Of those I know, the main problem with work experience was that so much of it was boring because even if it was a field they were vaguely interested in, there was so little they were actually able to do.