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<blockquote data-quote="Smithmom" data-source="post: 740580" data-attributes="member: 23371"><p>Elsi</p><p></p><p>To this day, and I'm old, I still "don't know what I want to be when I grow up". My only aspiration was to be a Mom. And I did that though it didn't turn out as it was in my dreams. I saw a job that sounded challenging and I took it. Certainly it was something no one ever heard of. And in my generation anyone in IT never had aspirations for IT. So I don't think that lack of aspiration is a hindrance. </p><p></p><p>I made the HS do career testing on my son. Identified the two things he most enjoyed doing, helping people and working with machines. Then we looked for jobs based on what was available. Perhaps most jobs are boring to our children. Thankfully I have been able to identify what mine like to do, though I needed the HS for one. So my discussions with them have always been about doing those things. Not the setting, the million $ ck they want or where it will go. No lofty ideas, just how are you going to make rent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Smithmom, post: 740580, member: 23371"] Elsi To this day, and I'm old, I still "don't know what I want to be when I grow up". My only aspiration was to be a Mom. And I did that though it didn't turn out as it was in my dreams. I saw a job that sounded challenging and I took it. Certainly it was something no one ever heard of. And in my generation anyone in IT never had aspirations for IT. So I don't think that lack of aspiration is a hindrance. I made the HS do career testing on my son. Identified the two things he most enjoyed doing, helping people and working with machines. Then we looked for jobs based on what was available. Perhaps most jobs are boring to our children. Thankfully I have been able to identify what mine like to do, though I needed the HS for one. So my discussions with them have always been about doing those things. Not the setting, the million $ ck they want or where it will go. No lofty ideas, just how are you going to make rent. [/QUOTE]
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