We are thinking academia, research laboratory, economics, financial adviser, actuary, accountant, data guru, statistician, game designer, inventor, entrepreneur, R&D in some industry, etc.
ETA: Our career ideas have changed as he has grown. His first career option that was obvious to us was circus performer. Then ditch digger.
But shouldn't they be
his career ideas?
Either way, I agree that 8 is very young for career planning. Like GeoFizz, we tell our kids they have options. Two of them talk about what they want to do, and we encourage them. We don't plan for them. Plus, at a very young age, too much information about careers or working when you're a grownup can be offputting for some kids. My 14-year-old tenth-grader has only started thinking vaguely about these ideas in the past year or so. He'll start getting more serious this coming academic year as a junior, and that's fine with us.
