What job would you like your dc to do when they are grown up

[Lardlizard]

I know it’s not our choices
But if you could choose for them what direction would you guide them in
Or tell them to avoid

One that pays their bills. And given that my two have fairly champagne tastes, I've advised them to aim high. I'm pleased that they're both looking at STEM professions.

I'd always thought that avoiding the arts is sensible. I know too many people still bumming around in their thirties and forties, living like students and not really getting anywhere.

Something that gives them happiness, choices, options and flexibility, and is lucrative and stimulating.

Architect??

I wanted my son to join the army.

He didn’t. He is an art student.

One which they enjoy and will offer them opportunity, I don’t want her to struggle financially.

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I wanted my daughter to work with animals. She did for a short while but didn’t like it and is now in retail.

I would like him to be a professional rugby player. League, not union as that’s not proper rugby.
I would like him to play for my home team.
Not asking much 😂

I have kind of pushed my son into his (at least short term) career. Not particularly academic. No particular career aspirations other than he likes to spend money and is quite ambitious and high energy. I kept saying to him: outside of school, what do you spend most of your time doing? Sport and gym. Gym and sport. More gym. He’s into nutrition so taught himself how to cook healthy meals.
It took a while for him to figure it out... but next year he’s starting his fitness and personal training course! I’m totally happy with that (though if I could really decide it would be a PE teacher as he’s great with kids too, but that would require university).

Don’t mind as long as:-

• it will support their chosen lifestyle
• they’re good at it
• they enjoy it (or at least don’t dislike it).

Well DS would be suited to something outdoorsy and DD something like teaching?

Whatever they want within reason.

How much money would you consider supporting their chosen lifestyle

My eldest "graduated" from nursery today. There was a slideshow about what each child wanted to be in the future.

My daughter's ambition was to be a tiger.

Dream big, baby.

Nursing or IT is always good. Just something reliable, a job they can progress in.
I'm with other posters, I'd hope to avoid the artsy stuff if possible.

Architect??

I wouldn't recommend. There are more people who want to be architects than there are jobs. There are a lot of unpaid internships and the industry is very affected by ups and downs in the economy. Most work is in London with the inevitable impact on work life balance. Interesting work when you're experienced but not secure.

DH and I both work in different fields in STEM. He's public sector, I'm private. Both have job security, there's a skills shortage so we have lots of paid sandwich students at work and new graduates can afford to buy a house, pensions and terms and conditions are good, work life balance good (both work PT). We are encouraging the DC's interest in STEM and talking to them about earning enough to give you choices in life.

Agree with avoiding the arts, although I do have a relative who works backstage in the theatre who does reasonably well financially. But I wouldn't want his life, he travels all over the world for work so his wife solo parents a lot of the time.

For purely selfish reasons I'd quite like to have a mechanic, plumber, hairdresser, painter and decorator- anything with a trade that I can avail of.

According to them I'm likely to have a car designer, one that floats about Central and South America until she writes her novel and an actor or she might be an art teacher

DD aged 6 is dead set on being a vet. That'd be fine with me, but competition is fierce.

Architect??

I wouldn't recommend

Agree - architecture graduates have the lowest levels of satisfaction - about 25%

Nothing medical. Not a teacher.

Something practical like carpenter or electrician or plumber maybe. I think theres far too much pressure to get a degree now adays. I wont be disappointed of ds doesnt want to ho to uni but if he does I may encourage towards a career specific degree.

Ultimately though whatever makes him happy and something for him to earn enough to be comfortable. Whatever that is.

One wants to be a mounted policeman, other a racing driver dentist. Both is cool by me

I'm awful. I don't actually care about 'enjoys doing' or 'makes them happy'. If they can, that's awesome. But for most people, just paying the damned bills is the gold standard.

If they can't do something they enjoy, or that makes them happy, I hope they can make enough that they can spend their free time doing something they enjoy, and that makes them happy.

Given that one of them is into horses, they're going to have to get lucrative.

Whatever he wants to be! Based on his likes now at 2, which is playing musical instruments and showing people how to do things, music teacher!

Realistically I expect he’ll be a nurse. His two great aunts, aunt, uncle and two of his male cousins and one female cousin are all nurses, and I work for the NHS, so I suppose it’s in the blood!

Anything that is not heavily computer based, something in a creative industry, music or sport.

Anything but medical - I know enough doctors and dentists to know it ain’t worth the money! They have a poorer lifestyle than me in terms of time with family etc

Possibly something travel related, journalism or even geology, archaeology, or something

I’d love them to travel for a few years post uni before settling with mortgage and full time job. I backpacked 4 months but regret not taking a few years
Dd 1 wants to be an architect

Dd2 wants to be a PE teacher

What do you mean how much money to support?

Obviously something that makes them happy but also something that pays them enough to be comfortable.

I’d love my daughter to be a barrister (I didn’t have the courage) or maybe something creative.