Saturday, 22 August 2009
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Do you encourage your children to go into specific professions?
Sometimes, parents try to encourage their children to go into certain professions when they are older such as the medical field. Do you try to encourage your children to go into certain professions? Which ones?
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My parents always told me to do what was right, what made me happy, and what can make me a living. "Find a job doing something you love and you'll never work a day of your life." But no, they never encouraged me to go into a specific profession.
I think I will encourage them according to their abilities. If it's clear that they have a knack for science, I may encourage them to go into medicine. If math seems to be their forte, perhaps they might be interested in physics or engineering. I think my parents did a good job in helping me see all of my strengths (it was also annoying at the same time, because I was good at a variety of artistic/creative things, and it was hard to pick JUST one to major in during college). Hey, I spent a year thinking that I would want to go pre-med. After realizing that I just could NOT get past the calculus, I decided that there were other options that better fit my strengths. And I will do the same for my kids. Show them what their strengths are, encourage them to do things that they enjoy and do well at, and if they decide that they are no longer interested in something, not push them to do it anyway just for MY benefit.
my parents always encouraged me to pursue what they knew was my true passion (screenwriting), even though it wasn't the steadiest career. i plan on doing the same if/when i have kids.
if i ever have kids, i would just love it if they were hardcore science nerds who were skilled in literary analysis and could read russian.
I tell my children to pray often to discern God's path for them and that will lead them into the profession that is meant for them. In the meantime I am doing my job by giving them a good, solid, well rounded education.
Hmm... I never really thought about it. I just tell them they HAVE to go to college after high school... whatever they want to major in is fine with me- as long as they get a degree.
I would just encourage them to do whatever makes them happy. For me, it's attending school forever and studying science and Asian languages, as well as playing music on the side. :P If they felt they'd be happiest as a member of a traveling Romanian gypsy circus, then power to them.
@MissPixieGlitter@xanga - lol me too. *high 5*
My parents want me to do something in the medical field... and I have a feeling I will.
my parents encouraged us based on our talents...but they made it very clear that college was a must. If we didn't go to college they encouraged the military, which my brother did and has a very, very good career in the military due to that. My husband and I have discussed that and we feel the same way....about encouraging some form or higher education or the military, if their interest lies there.
My views are a mix of Morningstarrising@xanga and FallenReign@xanga - that is, I'd like my child (or children, if I am able to have another one) to do something they love, but at the same time, something they are good at. That doesn't necessarily mean they have to become scientists or doctors - my husband is a musician and he's doing okay, because he knows the old rule: 10% inspiration, 90% perspiration. He doesn't just write his own music; he is well aware that his music also needs to be promoted, he needs to practice, and he also does not look down on certain gigs (say, weddings) because he wants to make art with a capital A. If you need to pay the bills, you have to be practical, right?
Bottom line for me is: If you work hard at something, you will usually become good at it - and it's easier to work hard on something you love to do. We are trying to get our son into a school that focuses on a well-rounded education - not just the basic language and arithmatic skills, but also creative courses, music, art, and literature (at a young age). I think children are more confident if they can find something they are good at, or at least enjoy.
I would probably encourage at least one of my sons to be a teacher. I would defintly encourage my sons to be doctors or engineers though to help their country. My daughters I would encourage to be pedatrician, lady doctor or teacher.
I don't have kids, but my mom always encouraged me to be a writer. I am now a composer/singer.
The kids are all pretty young yet, but M has said he wants to be either a firefighter or "a lazy house man". Obviously, given the options, we're stearing him towards the firefighter position... C, on the other had, has an interest in EVERYTHING. We're hoping he settled on ONE thing in the next 9 years rather than run from one thing to the next, effectively accomplishing nothing, as he currently does in day-to-day life. Megan, at 9 months, has A LOT of attention to the little details in life. I do so look forward to seeing where that takes her as she grows older... (Or, perhaps, she'll out grow it altogether...?)
i will encourage my kids to be dancer.
Giving them information on many opportunities and talking about what people in many professions do helps them think for themselves. If they are exposed to lots of things early on, they will feel comfortable to pursue what they feel they want to do. Concentrating on just one profession is sort of closing them off to other things in life. Times change all the time. Different needs for different times. Many people are able to do more than one thing well. A doctor, lawyer, plumber, electrician, scientist, chemist, nurse, cook or whatever can also have a business degree or accounting degree.
Our son for that past six years had been adamant about being an archaeologist.
Just this summer he through out wanting to go into the marines maybe.
I am leaning towards the archeology. Trying to steer him back that way. He and I have checked around and done research into the best colleges for that field.
Is very intelligent in a wide range of areas. Till now, history and science has been his passion. Reading everything can find. Wanting to be the one out there digging.
Think personally that military thing has came up due to the fact so many in husbands family have served in various branches. He wants to continue with that.
His other thing have heard him say is how they pay for college.
Am certain it would be good for him in so many ways yet isn't something can imagine him doing. (not just saying that as his mother either, his dad agrees with me)