Just wondering... what would you want your kids to do for a living?

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My daughter is still a baby, but I would never tell her to go to school to be a nurse RN.

I want her to be happy and self sufficient in life. But in my dreams, I would love for her to be an artist...... a singer, actress and dancer....

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what would you want your kids to do for a living when they grew up?:confused:

Specializes in LTC.

im sorry for so sounding harsh, and I ger it now. Sometimes its just so discouraging to hear nurses put down the nursing profession and the lives of nurses. I admire nurses and have so much respect for what we do, I think if my child wanted to be a nurse I would be proud.

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That's a little harsh. She didn't say she would forbid it, she said she wouldn't encourage it. People are talking about their WANTS for their children, not saying they are going to dictate their lives and force them into this or that, it's supposed to be a fun lighthearted thread. My 2 sons that want to be NFL players, I know the chances are slim to none for that, I have let them know that college needs to come first because you always need a back up plan and the maturity before you go pro anyway. Doesn't mean that I can't secretly hope it happens and they will become rich and take care of me LOL

I hear ya on the 'secretly hoping' part...that's why I had said (only kinda sorta jokingly) that I would want my baby, after getting a solid education, to then pursue plumbing. Forget about taking care of ME...I would be content with having him/her take care of my pipes/sewer/toilets. LOL

(seriously...of course I, and hopefully any loving parent, would truly want their children to pursue their deepest hearts' desires...)

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My children are EXTREMELY young but I like to guess what their future professions are going to be by their interests at the moment.

My son is only 4 years old, but since he's been maybe 9 or 10 months old, he has been OBSESSED with cars/motorcycles/boats/airplanes etc (but mostly cars). He has about a thousand of those HotWheels cars and he never leaves the house without having at least 5 of them in his pocket. It even got to the point where his teachers allow him to bring them in class with him (as long as he keeps them in his pocket) because he'll have a fit if someone tries to take them away; the cars are basically like his "security blanket". He loves to watch the speed racing channel when I let him and he always "operates" on his cars. So with this information, I labeled him as becoming a mechanical engineer when he was about a year old.

My daughter on the other hand is only 1 and her current interest is dancing. She has some serious rhythm to only be a year old. She dances at home, in the car, in the shopping cart at WalMart, everywhere! If she keeps it up Im going to put her in dancing class when she turns 2.

So yeah...my son is going to be a mechanical engineer (at least thats what I like to believe) and my daughter is going to be a dancer. But of course my theory could be WAY off, lol!

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Specializes in CMSRN.

My kids have decided what they want to be since 4 year old. Daughter is 8 and wants to be a fashion designer. She is pretty good at keeping up with fashion too. Son stated at 4 (now 6) that he wants to be a contractor. How he knew what one was I will never know. I asked him to describe what a contractor did and he said "a worker man". Love it.

What I want is a little different. I just want them NOT to work for a business that forgets about people and focuses on the almighty dollar. Otherwise I have never thought about it.

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Specializes in ED. ICU, PICU, infection prevention, aeromedical e.

My daughter is in college for marketing. She wants to be the PR director for Nordstroms. (she gets that shopping bug from me).

My 14 yo son is wanting to be a naval aviator. I think he'd be happier playing his saxophone in a band. But he says that musicians don't make any money, and he has ambitions of owning a lamborgini. I said the navy won't support a lamborgini taste; he said a jet was faster anyway.

I don't care what they do as long as they are productive citizens and happy.

Neither would consider being a nurse, despite my urging them to be nurses.

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I would encourage them to do what makes them happy, which my family did not do, and which is also why I am a nurse today. I was told I would make a difference, make good money, have job security and it was an admirable profession. Bull hockey to all of it. Granted I have been offered some great paying jobs. But who in their right mind wants to clock 50-60 hours a week. Not me! And I dont wanna move across the country either.

I would say "if you wanna be a nurse be a nurse. If you wanna be a ditch digger than do that." Life is too short to spend miserable every day.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTAC, Critical Care.

I have no kids (I pray to God I never have any). I just wanna be a miserly old backwoods hermit when I grow up.

Note: I ain't being sarcastic either lol. That is my stated goal in life.

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

My oldest son (11) has said for about the past 5 years he wanted to be a doctor, but now he wants to be a doctor first then be a missonary doctor in third world countries for a few years and then go on to be president.

My youngest son (9) had decided that he is not going to grow up that he is going to stay 9 forever (I think he has the right idea) but if he chooses to grow up, and only IF he chooses to grow up he will be a police officer or a fireman becuase they are the closest things to superheros as he can get. If he could get bitten by a radioactive spider and become spiderman he would, since that is not possible right now, he is going to stay 9 and stay in the third grade.

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I have no kids yet but Im just thinking if ever I will have one, I will brew him or her to be an ice skater and join the winter olympic and hopefully wins a gold medal for the country. :)

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Sweet.

Mine wants to be a Mum.

But she's definitely anaesthesia material LOL.

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I want my children to find something they would be happy with and where they would feel like they were making a difference. However, I wish for them something I feel I did not have growing up. That is, I want them to know about all their options. There are so many careers that I did not know about when I was in high school deciding what I was going to study in college that I wish I had known about. My mother said that even knowing all those options i probably would have found nursing anyway.

Whatever they choose, I will be there to support them like she did for me.

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I have no kids (I pray to God I never have any). I just wanna be a miserly old backwoods hermit when I grow up.

Note: I ain't being sarcastic either lol. That is my stated goal in life.

And if you were my kid, and that's what made you happy, I would encourage you in that goal :up:

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