What did your children want to be

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When they were little??

DS2... a bin man, they only work on a Thursday!

A prize goes to the first person to guess when our bin collection day was!

My oldest boy basically told me at 8 he wants to be unemployed. Hes now 14 and he wants to work part time in McDonald's 'to start with'.

My younger boy is 8 now and wants to be a costume designer or actor so hopefully he can put up his older brother

DS wants to be Tweak from the Octonauts.

I'm quite in favour of this and have explained that she's a mechanical engineer so he'll need to work hard in school....

She's also a girl, green and a rabbit, but oh well.

No 1 a palaeontologist
No2 a cartoonist
No 3 a joke/fancy dress shop owner

My son who is now 23 wanted to be a Police Dog when he was little...

DD1 wanted to be a Doctor when she was 8 (and also 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,15,16,17 and 18) Now 19 she is in her first year of Med school.
Dd2 wanted to be a Mummy, Teacher, 'Moon man' , Driver, Ballerina, 'Maths Lady', Interior Designer and now at 16 she wants to train as an Accountant.

Ds wants to be an elf!

DC1 - a body scientist. DC2 a paleontologist.

Only 7 and 5 so will have to watch this space

My eldest wanted to be a fire engine when he was young!! These days he is much too cool for such things!!
My younger one wants to be an animal too...heartening to see this is not as uncommon as I thought, usually a cat/squirrel/red panda...!!

My DS5 wants to work in Lidl, he said it's only over the road so he won't have to walk far

We also had a dress up day at school for ' when I grow up'. The teachers face when a pupil answered the question with " A thief, like my bruvva" was a picture.

DS (8) changes his mind regularly but the one thing that has been constant is that he really wants to be a dad Loved playing with dolls when he was little and it’s so lovely that it’s still something he wants when he’s an adult!

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My eldest wanted to be a fire engine when he was young!! These days he is much too cool for such things!! My younger one wants to be an animal too...heartening to see this is not as uncommon as I thought, usually a cat/squirrel/red panda...!!

I wanted to be a raccoon.

But life is full of cruel twists and alas, I never achieved my dream.

DD wanted to be a windmill from the ages of 3 - 5. Then a reindeer... but not at Christmas.
She's now 11 and, if asked, just looks at you crossly and says "I can't be expected to know that now. And, anyway, you keep saying that the world is constantly changing so there's no point in me even thinking about that now.".

DD wanted to be a football WAG.
DS1 wanted to be a soldier, he is now training to be a nurse but with the intention of joining the army once qualified.
DS2 wanted to be a pie man, he works in IT but does have a certificate in cornish pasty making.

DS has achieved both of his early ambitions- as a toddler he hero worshipped Postman Pat and he has just spent 2 very happy years as a Postie. Next week, he starts his other dream jobs as a policeman

The person who puts the toys in Happy Meals at McDonalds - DS when he was aged 3.

My two eldest sons wanted to be a binman and a Dark Lord of the Sith.
They're both chefs

My son for ages when he was little used to answer “a father” to this question which I actually thought was quite sweet. Then he adapted that to “stay at home father” as he got older 🤦‍♀️ 😂 I had to intervene with a bit of reality eventually and point out that ok that’s fine if you and your wife agree on that but what if she wants to be a stay at home mother, at least one of you is going to need to earn some money for your family to live on etc. So he then came up with a substitute teacher “because they don’t have to do as much work as normal teachers” 😂 He is now 13 and the latest plan is part time poet and author, part time YouTuber and he’s also planning to work in Asda to fund these other two jobs which he doesn’t expect to be able to make a living from. At least he has a vague plan!

Astronaut as already been well travelled before the global pandemic around most continents by an early age since a baby.

DS wanted to drive an ice cream van

I asked my 2 year old what she wanted to be when she grows up and she told me quite firmly that she wants to be a banana when I said that's not possible she decided a potato was better - I'm hoping for a bit more ambition from her as the years go on haha xx

Oldest when 4 wanted to be an opera singer, poor her couldn't sing a note if she tried

When they were very little they wanted to be:
Ds1: A fireman
Ds2: A dogger (When we asked he explained that this is someone who looks after dogs)
DD: A cat

This is what they want to be now:
Ds1(13): A billionaire tech CEO
Ds2(10): A catholic priest (we're not even religious)
DD(7): A vet specialising in cats.

When little my eldest wanted to be an explorer and his broth

When little my eldest wanted to be an explorer and his brother wanted to be his camera man.