What they will be when they grow up - can you tell?

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Interested particularly in parents with grown up DC. One of mine has always had a passion for something since a toddler - not in any way initiated by DH or I its not something we are hugely into - and now she is 9 it continues to escalate.

Interesting to see whether this translates into a career. Always see very talented people in interviews saying they got into what they succeeded at when they were small. Other kids I know (and my elder DD) don't have this they just go bumble along doing school work and a few activities they enjoy. Just curious really

My two never really answered that question when they were very little.

DS1 never had a plan but is now at Uni, and keeping all his options open.

DS2 decided in the last few years it's all about Engineering and is pursuing A Levels with a view to an Apprenticeship.

It must be nice to have decided at a very early age what you want to do.

When ds was little, we had no video player or DVD or anything, and used to watch Numbertime, and often counted when we were out and about.
he is now a trainee accountant, continued love of maths.

No, mine is 21 and training to be a solicitor. No way I'd have guessed it.

I’ve one who wants to be a reptile vet and one who is likely to lead a revolution of some type

I met DH as a teenager and his siblings were 14, 12 and 10 respectively. The youngest two are doing the jobs we knew they'd be doing, particularly the v talented one. No surprises. His oldest sibling could not have surprised us more.

I am pretty sure DD will be a writer (preteen atm and very talented). DS I have no idea.

One of mine decided she was going to be a doctor, when she was 4 after she first saw a skeleton!.
She's 26 now... and a doctor! She never wanted to be anything else, and absolutely loves it.
The other three had no idea, but growing up with a disabled sibling , one is now a nurse, the other works in special Ed so that kind of directed them I think.

I don't know exactly what my 11-year-old will be but I am 100% certain that it will involve cars in some way. His current ambition is to move to Japan and be a drift racer, but since before he could walk and talk, he's never really been interested in anything that doesn't have wheels!

My youngest loves blood and knives (was very accurate at cutting veg aged 3). We're hoping surgeon over serial killer but it's too early to tell. That child does scare me a bit 

Middle dc will probably end up on stage in some way and eldest has the world at her feet - very clever and kind too. No idea what she'll be.

My boy was obsessed with maps, traffic lights and pushing cars around those floor mats with roads and buildings on. He's at university now studying urban planning.

One of my dc is a chef.
Never set foot in my kitchen!!

I think my parents would have said I’d be a teacher. I did something similar for a year before realising it wasn’t for me.

DH was always destined to be an engineer. He used to break things to see if he could put them back together.

Intrigued to see where our kids will fall on that spectrum.

My current best guess for my four would be:

1. Pharmaceuticals
2. Academia
3. Law
4. Politics

I haven't mentioned this to any of them so it is just possible that this might be a fantasy.

Dh met dd's infant school teacher the other day and she was quite surprised that dd hadn't gone to university (she's at stage school). I don't think dh and I were in the least surprised when she opted for the performing arts, we could see that one coming.

As for ds, he never seemed very interested in anything when he was little, apart from football, which he clearly had limited talent for. He did talk about becoming a firefighter, that's about the only thing he ever said. Is now planning to look for an apprenticeship in something practical (plumber, decorator).

I knew from a very early age that I wanted to write books and learn about the past. Which is what I do as an academic. Dh was about 10 when he decided he wanted to be an archaeologist. Carried it through despite opposition from his father.

My nephew decided at 12 that he wanted to become a musician, didn't tell anyone, just started practising his instrument an hour a day, and then upped to 2 hours after a year, 3 the year after. Even when he applied to the conservatoire he was too diffident (and apprehensive of negative reactions from his father) that he just said "well, I'll try it for a year and then I can always study STEM (he lives in a country without fees and has the kind of marks that would get him in anywhere). After a year at conservatoire, and winning prizes for best student/getting incredibly prestigious year abroad, he has finally admitted that yes, he would quite like to become a musician.

I think it's difficult for ds growing up in a family where everybody else is so focused and knows exactly what they love.