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Do your kids already have an idea of what they want to do/be when they grow up? Dd6 tells me she knows she wants to be a teacher but she is worried about the kids being too difficult. She assumes this based on what she sees in her kindergarten class lol.

I can totally see her being a teacher, she has that nurturing personality. She already reads to her classmates, not to show off, but rather because she really enjoys it and they want to be read to. She will also play teacher at home by giving lectures/lessons to imaginary students.

When oldest D was 4 she wanted to work at Hardees. I believe she thought she could eat an unlimited number of egg & cheese breakfast sandwiches if she worked there... she graduates from college next month, has a consulting job lined up, and is not planning on a fast food career after all.

I got a funny one the other day.

My DS4 said he hopes aliens come to Earth and become our friends so he can go work as a veterinarian for them on their home planet. Then if they became hostile towards Earth, they would still be nice to him since he keeps their pets healthy.

Usually he just says scientist

I LOVE that response. That is hysterical.

My DD2 went to the doctor a few months ago, who asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up. She said "a cow."

This was the same week that she had gotten into my sanitary napkins and was using them as bandaids, making pretend road dividers with them, and taping them to her legs to use as shingards while kicking balls around the living room. She still had her "shingards" on when she told the doctor her desire to become a cow.

heehee

Over the years:

Wolf: a robotic engineer (to build droids), an electrical engineer {to invent the first "real" light saber), a small retail store owner (like his dad), a restaurant owner or cook (he wasn't specific, it just involved food and a business).

Bear: a teacher (specifically a gymnastics instructor)

In no particular order, DS6 wants or has wanted to be a roboticist, astrophysicist, teacher, education researcher, computer scientist, chemist, astronaut, writer, game designer, U.S. Marshal (like Raylan Givens)

My daughter's first grade teacher was a fine arts major and exposed the children to a great deal of hands-on art such as painting their own Monet water lilies. My daughter decided that year she wanted to be an artist. She is in college now working as a graphic artist while pursuing a fine arts degree.

At the age of two, my older son wanted to be a fire truck. No matter how often we explained that the fire truck was not an option, he said he would invent the technology to be anything he wanted to be. By about age 8, he became fascinated with cars - which has turned into passion over the years. He is in college pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering with a goal of becoming a designer of cars.

The youngest wanted to be a soldier paleontologist when he was very little. Why the combo? So he could defend his new finds from others who would want to take it away. Over the years, he has wanted to be president, a senator, owner of his own video game software company, a drummer, a surgeon, and a mobile app developer. About the only consistent tone in his ideas has been that he would be the owner, be in charge. He's 12 and in no hurry to settle on any one idea.

DD9- anesthesiologist, so that she can put people to sleep.
DD6- a mommy She is my babydoll girl... Loves babies!

dd11-concert violinist and author
dd5-farmer, mommy, teacher

DD--teacher, acrobat, artist, and ornithologist
DS--ocean scientist (only one he's ever named and it never wavers)