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what does your child want to be when they grow up? #211593 02/28/15 07:48 PM
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OP Cola Member C Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 219	Just for fun. Ds9 started with automotive engineering, he wanted to make the first flying car. Then it was Navy so he could build engines on Battleships. After that we went to Vet, electrical engineer, weapons designer, inventor, karate instructor, meteorologist, astronomical engineer, bum (no joke) and now 4th generation Sun Devil football player and video game designer lol. Dd7 wants to be Queen.

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211596 02/28/15 08:41 PM
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CCN Member C Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 978 BC, Canada	My DS10 went through a similar list which included "be a stay at home person while someone else makes the money." lol... ok. My daughter, meanwhile, goes back and forth between artist and math teacher. Last edited by CCN; 02/28/15 08:42 PM.

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211598 02/28/15 09:19 PM
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GGG Member G Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 185	My DS4 says, "I want to do every single job there is."

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211599 02/28/15 09:55 PM
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indigo Member I Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 5,261 Likes: 8	Originally Posted by Cola automotive engineering, he wanted to make the first flying car. Has he seen the Terrafugia? Or the AeroMobil?? There's also the SkyCar prototype.

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211600 02/28/15 10:21 PM
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Mahagogo5 Member M Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 517	Dd4 wants to work at the airport for a few days and then be a vet, if working at the drive through for kfc doesn't work out that is...

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211601 02/28/15 10:23 PM
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Mana Member M Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 882	DD wants to be a jazz musician. She wants to compose, perform, arrange, and jam. I have nothing against jazz musicians but the idea that everyone is investing a lot in her education so that she could one day make a living playing jazz in bars and clubs prompts me to have a second thought.

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211604 03/01/15 04:23 AM
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Platypus101 Member P Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 675 Canada	When 9, DS had been following some lead Minecraft beta testers with fascination. He informed me, half smart-alec, half in hope, that he intended to "get a PhD in video game breaking". He was quite taken aback when I informed him that (a) he probably could; and (b) that's how his 75-year grandfather was earning a living these day (albeit with product rather more mundane than Minecraft).

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211607 03/01/15 05:04 AM
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ConnectingDots Member C Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 848	Dog breeder. Or, he wants to make a lot of money, retire and do that, I can't remember.

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Mana #211611 03/01/15 05:17 AM
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Tallulah Member T Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 480	A teacher. Which is lovely, because it shows how great the teachers are. Originally Posted by Mana DD wants to be a jazz musician. She wants to compose, perform, arrange, and jam. I have nothing against jazz musicians but the idea that everyone is investing a lot in her education so that she could one day make a living playing jazz in bars and clubs prompts me to have a second thought. 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.

Re: what does your child want to be when they grow up? Cola #211614 03/01/15 07:18 AM
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Cookie Member C Joined: May 2014 Posts: 599	15 year old wanted to,be as a young child a real estate owner/ business owner who had "people" who ran things so that he could make money while he wrote books...he wanted to be an author. Now he is not so sure...math and science are easy for him but his big interest is history so who knows. Still loves reading.

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