What jobs would you not want your kids to do?

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I saw someone say on the other thread jobs they wouldn't want their kids to do there are jobs they wouldn't want their kids to do so thought I would start a thread on it

For me - I wouldnt want my kids to become reality TV stars - especially big brother stars

Ladystarkers why not MI5? Genuine question as I'd never thought of it as dangerous - but maybe it is.
Obviously you may have other objections, - personal experience, ideological reasons, long hours etc.

One of my kids want to join the armed forces and the other wants to join the police. I will fully support them whatever they want to do.

But if I had to choose what I wouldn't want them doing obviously the sex industry, drug dealer or celebrity

Armed Forces, Sex Worker, Butcher, Dairy Farmer/farmer

I wouldn’t want them to do anything under valued and under paid like social work, lots of health and care work.

Military

DP is military and loves it, would be happy for our child to join up. I think it very much depends what you join as and as an officer or not. His specialism is definitely not dangerous, he’s been paid to get all manner of post-grad qualifications and earns a good salary. I enjoy military life too!

Mi5 really isn’t dangerous. Almost all of the jobs are office jobs - admin, legal, intelligence, HR etc. Mobile surveillance officers are driving around watching people. Not taking them down James Bond style! I know of a couple who have been killed over the years but non-terrorism related in car accidents and when a military helicopter crashed.

Marrying for money.
Debt collector
Pathologist
Funeral director
Bum wiper- child care or elder care
A job that involves typing minutes
Toilet cleaner
Waiter/waitress/customer service past age 25
Call centre
Podiatrist
A beautician who does bikini waxes

Pathology is one of the few medical jobs worth getting into. And as with funeral director they'd always have work. Both can be quite well paid too.

A member of any of the armed forces, a police officer or a fireman. For obvious reasons.

I’m surprised at number who say not armed forces. Our son has had a fantastic time, travelled all over the world, done incredible things (snowboarding in Antarctica, been to South Pole, paid to ski and play rugb at Twickenham, planted poppies at the Tower, met international leaders at DDay anniversary celebrations, scuba dived in the Red Sea, taken part in Edinburgh tattoo and been to every continent since being commissioned). At 22, he has been able to buy his own 2 bedroom flat in a popular area and drives a new Mercedes. He has made lifetime friends.
There is a risk of injury on deployment but then again we’ve had teachers stabbed and shot, police officers attacked and killed and drivers killed in car crashes. You can’t live your life in fear of what might be - that’s existing not living.

RollTop he's an officer yes?

I am surprised full stop

Lots of these jobs are admirable, enjoyable, well paid or both

I want my children to be happy

Just because I would not want to do a certain job does not mean I would seek to dictate what they do

I wouldn't be want them doing any job where they couldn't afford to work and be a single parent if they needed to be.

McDonald’s worker
Beautician
Actor
Youtuber
Builder
Politician
Armed forces
And for my daughter: IT

Only on mumsnet could being a doctor or lawyer be described as "low paid"

Newsflash: It IS possible to lead a happy, full life whilst earning less than 40k a year you know.

My only desire for my dc would be that they follow jobs that make them happy and fulfilled. I don't really care if that's as a fire fighter, bin man or a CEO.

NotAgainYoda I think this thread says more about people's snobbery than anything else.

Bum wiper? Bikini waxer? Let's hope the people on here never need elderly or childcare, or a trip to the beauty parlour

RollTop, some of us have mentioned that we have ethical doubts about military actions undertaken by the UK in recent years and would worry about the very high likelihood that our children would be involved in doing something indefensible.

I marched against the Iraq war because I thought it was based on lies and potentially destabilising: how could I possibly regard a child of mine who took part as a hero saving our country, when I had just carried a big placard saying "this is making the world less safe"?

The thing about joining the army is you resign your own free will and the right to make your own judgements. If I, as a civilian, find my employer is asking me to do something unethical, I can refuse to do it: the worst thing that will happen to me is being sacked. I can walk out there and then.

As a soldier, you can't walk out, even if you are asked to bomb a place full of civilians in a conflict that you are suddenly having ethical doubts about. You have to obey orders. To me, there is no amount of jolly snowboarding that would make up for that.

I'm surprised by the strength of feeling against City jobs!

I think people form opinions by what they read in the news. There are many people earning similar salaries/bonuses in other professions who would probably be similarly stigmatised, were they better known.

That's not true, Cory. You have an outdated view of how modern military works (at least in Britain & USA).

Not only are British soldiers allowed to disobey orders they believe to be unethical or immoral, they are required to disobey them. The modern military wants people who think, not sheep.

What you don't get away with is disobeying orders b/c you're tired or cold or scared. Civvies have those luxuries; civvies can pull a sickie.

Soldiering is not a job for those who think they have the authority when in a junior position to question fine nuance of every issue, fair enough, or who want to work every other option thru before they act. I have a suspicion you never met an armed conflict you thought was justified. Military is not a career for that kind of bias, true.

People often presume the military consists of only the army and infantry soldiers. The RN and RAF are completely disregarded. There are many, many roles, a lot of them are office based.

I want my DDs to have jobs they enjoy.
I want them to have full time hours as long as they want them.
Past that I'm really not fussed.

Obviously a good rate of pay, and good working conditions would be good, but there is no shame in any honest job.

The only thing that would really break my heart would be armed forces.

Whilst I don't expect or even want that my children will share all my beliefs, this one is really important to me. You can't stop violence with violence. It is never ok to take another life. If I haven't taught my kids this...

Right-wing MP, banker, estate agent, etc. would worry me, but I think it's possible to be all of these things and still be essentially good. Not so with soldiering.

Mostly I just want them to be happy and to make others happy.

BI x

Fuck me. Is that really how people see childminders? As bum wipers?

Anything they hated or didn't want to do. I'd be a bit worried for her if she took a job where she risked life and limb on a regular basis but I'd respect her wish to do that job.

Having worked for "Big Pharma" for many years in R&D I can't see why that would be a bad job. Decent money, lovely colleagues, good training and remuneration and a nice warm fussy feeling from helping others. What is not to like?

Teacher, sex worker, armed forces, anything tv celebrity pop singer type work.