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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 493943" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Well, you all know Q is going to be a NASCAR driver! never varies. But we do discuss, now that he is getting older, having a plan B etc. </p><p></p><p>I heard this story on the radio station I listen to about a little boy who wanted to be a policeman so desperately so for Christmas they gave him a bike equipped with a siren and light. He is now actually a policeman! I always knew I wanted to me a mom, for sure, 100%. NO matter what else I did. So I did get to do that. </p><p></p><p>I think most kids pick from the visible careers/jobs that they see when they are little. The ones in stories and that are filled with action and good guys. Most kids when we ask them in preschool will say a dr., nurse, police officer, fire fighter, mommy (not a daddy as much...maybe they think it but dont think of it as being a career??? but boys who are little will say they want to be a mommy), army guy, and a teacher. So odds are some of those will really happen since they are pretty common jobs! then there are the ones who will be the president! </p><p></p><p>I think it is great to encourage those early ambitions. It validates their feelings and helps them look for characteristics in those jobs that they want to try to emulate. (I know the shooting thing is common too...with J it may need to be toned down but I had a nephew that was so obsessed with guns when little we WERE worried, threw a fit in every convenience store or anywhere he saw one and couldn't have it...just a super peace loving and funny kid now) I bet you have fun hearing him talk about that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 493943, member: 12886"] Well, you all know Q is going to be a NASCAR driver! never varies. But we do discuss, now that he is getting older, having a plan B etc. I heard this story on the radio station I listen to about a little boy who wanted to be a policeman so desperately so for Christmas they gave him a bike equipped with a siren and light. He is now actually a policeman! I always knew I wanted to me a mom, for sure, 100%. NO matter what else I did. So I did get to do that. I think most kids pick from the visible careers/jobs that they see when they are little. The ones in stories and that are filled with action and good guys. Most kids when we ask them in preschool will say a dr., nurse, police officer, fire fighter, mommy (not a daddy as much...maybe they think it but dont think of it as being a career??? but boys who are little will say they want to be a mommy), army guy, and a teacher. So odds are some of those will really happen since they are pretty common jobs! then there are the ones who will be the president! I think it is great to encourage those early ambitions. It validates their feelings and helps them look for characteristics in those jobs that they want to try to emulate. (I know the shooting thing is common too...with J it may need to be toned down but I had a nephew that was so obsessed with guns when little we WERE worried, threw a fit in every convenience store or anywhere he saw one and couldn't have it...just a super peace loving and funny kid now) I bet you have fun hearing him talk about that. [/QUOTE]
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