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Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211615 03/01/15 07:33 AM
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Cookie Member C Joined: May 2014 Posts: 599	My 10 year old for a time wanted to write too. I think school NCLB writing assessments and formulaic writing instruction has sucked the love of writing right out of both boys. Right now he has no career dreams. He loves anything to do with performing arts but hasn't said that is a particular dream.

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? indigo #211616 03/01/15 08:26 AM
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OP Cola Member C Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 219	Once he found out someone else was working on it he moved on lol

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211646 03/01/15 04:21 PM
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addition Junior Member Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 2	at the age of 6, the plan changes every 2 or 3 months. currently it's 'a pilot' Educational games

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Tallulah #211651 03/01/15 05:36 PM
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FruityDragons Member F Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 105 Midwest USA	Quote You're investing in her education so she becomes a happy resilient adult who's not afraid to try new things and who is interested in and enthusiastic about the world. Give me a happy relaxed jazz musician over a miserable, stressed out afraid to fail Nobel laureate any day. I second that - and at that age I wouldn't be worried yet. :-) Also, the comforting(ish) thing is that it's possible to have a career and play jazz on the side but less so to be a jazz musician and be, for example, a doctor on the side -- she'll find a way to manage both, I'm sure. I know people who've done it to different extents, one just needs determination. She'll always have music and she'll always have her education - she'll just choose what she's making a living from. Although she could probably make quite a bit with weekend gigs....

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211656 03/01/15 07:04 PM
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it_is_2day Member I Joined: Aug 2014 Posts: 149	Just asked my daughter for the first time, and apparently she wants to be a ninja, but she just turned 3, so she might change career paths.

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211660 03/01/15 08:14 PM
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MegMeg Member Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 615	Chemist or stunt woman.

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211661 03/01/15 08:42 PM
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Ivy Member I Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 337	DD2 = "booboo animal doctor" DD4 = "sign twirler" (those folks who hold advertising signs on street corners) DD6 = "veterinarian" (still about the booboo animals) DD8 = "veterinarian who engineers animal prosthetics" DD10 = "ethicist" (after confirming that this was a real job) DD12 = "photographer or veterinarian" She's always been surprisingly consistent. I have to admit from an adult perspective the ethics thing is the most interesting.

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211662 03/01/15 09:56 PM
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Tor'sMama Junior Member T Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 38	Ds7 has never nailed anything down but it typically has something to do with coding or science. Ds5 wants to be a gymnastics coach

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211664 03/01/15 10:17 PM
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Dude Member Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 2,856	My DD's ambitions are trending upwards. @3: a mermaid, a butterfly, and a ballerina @5: a cashier at Walmart @7: a teacher @9: a robotics engineer

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211665 03/01/15 11:18 PM
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Mana Member M Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 882	Tallulah & FruityDragons, Thank you for your feedback. Much appreciated. To avoid hijacking this thread, I'm going to think out loud in the competition thread.

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