Thanks for the book recommendation! I'll check it out. I'm a little resistant to the "find your passion" concept myself. "very few people at a young age know enough about life to choose something to be really passionate about, and even if they do, they are bound to be wrong"--Yes, I do see this point indeed, and yet, I sure see a lot of kids who think they know...and I feel like there's this THING where schools want you to have a THING.

Meanwhile, like her dad, DD is strong in a lot of areas and probably would do fine in many jobs.