What you do want or hope your child to work as next time?

[autumnbronze]

tankee:

HyperKiasu:

I remember the following conversation with my son about 3 yrs ago:


Me: better be an architect when you are grown-up
DS: what do you do now?
Me: why bother about me?
DS: If architect is so good, then why you don't become an architect by yourself?

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

Oh this is a good one :lol:

[tankee]

KSP:

tankee u only keep :rotflmao: and :celebrate: with other people.


what do u want you children to be? Let me guess :idea: game expert! can earn tons of $$$.

Professional gamers have very short \"life-span\". By late twenties / early thirties, the reflects would not be as good as the younger games, thus would be replaced. And professional gamers here don't earn much, not like in South Korea.

[MMM]

I've 3 kids and this is my ambition :

Kid 1) Doctor but she said she is afraid of blood..... Also, I also realised doctor's job is not that great. Eg. Gynae still must rush back to hospital if someone wants to deliver in the middle of the night. :roll: So it might not be feasible after all. We think she makes a good auditor.

Kid 2) Businessman or some business development job. He makes friends easily and is more of a extrovert. He don't seem to the academic type and always been labelled as street smart. When he was young, we asked what he wants to be when he grows up... His answer was \"I want to be a children\". In our mind, we are like... wow he sure know how to enjoy life huh.

3) Lawyer/ MP. Due to lots of \"why\"s. She is the most eloquent of the 3 and has is quick in her thinking. So we are hoping that she can make it big. She is probably my last hope being the youngest.

Er.... just my dream.

[KSP]

autumnbronze:

KSP:

[quote=\"autumnbronze\"]I cannot answer the question cuz truth be told, I only want/hope my DS to be happy ALWAYS

They can't survive in this world by solely being happy. One day when we are gone, they have to survive on their own and life is more than just being happy.

I respectfully disagree with you leh ....

You see, if they can be happy, that will be the impetus that will drive/enable them to survive in this big bad world, regardless whether they have a blue collar, white collar or no job

My 2cents .....

Not OT hor, still talking about jobs [/quote]My greatest fear would be no job for them. All jobs taken over by FT and all our children happily making babies at home.

[1littlegal]

MMM:

I've 3 kids and this is my ambition :

Kid 1) Doctor but she said she is afraid of blood..... Also, I also realised doctor's job is not that great. Eg. Gynae still must rush back to hospital if someone wants to deliver in the middle of the night. :roll: So it might not be feasible after all. We think she makes a good auditor.

Kid 2) Businessman or some business development job. He makes friends easily and is more of a extrovert. He don't seem to the academic type and always been labelled as street smart. When he was young, we asked what he wants to be when he grows up... His answer was \"I want to be a children\". In our mind, we are like... wow he sure know how to enjoy life huh.

3) Lawyer/ MP. Due to lots of \"why\"s. She is the most eloquent of the 3 and has is quick in her thinking. So we are hoping that she can make it big. She is probably my last hope being the youngest.

Er.... just my dream.

MP? Another dream of mine! Married to MP!

[auntieM]

My DH definitely wants DS to take over him.. ...kept nagging at son this and that along the way.

For me, I just want him to have a job and be happy..

[MMM]

KSP:

[My greatest fear would be no job for them. All jobs taken over by FT and all our children happily making babies at home.

Actually, I keep telling them that they must master CL. For all we know, Singapore will not have that many jobs and they have to work in China???

Also, despite that we are leaving house for them. My mum raised this concern, we still need to make sure he does well. I told him that even if we were to leave the house for him, if he does not do well, he will not be able to afford the utility bills, etc....I painted a picture that he will probably have to sit in the car porch to have his maggie mee/ bread dinner. This is because he cannot afford utility bills and have to depend on the light shone by the nearby lamppost. He also probably got to bathe there when it's raining..... Bad huh

[vicki]

tankee:

vicki:

i told my son - since he likes to talk and talk and talk, why dont go be a lawyer -- then can talk and earn money!


He was like.... :salute:

And now he goes around telling pple he wants to be a lawyer when he grows up!! :imcool:

or a politician or a consultant :celebrate:

Haha -- Also can!

[MMM]

1littlegal:

MP? Another dream of mine! Married to MP!

There is a MP and President nearby my mum's place. So when we pass by the guard house, we would tell the little one.... oh if you become a MP one day, we can have a guardpost outside our house. Then I would be like.... wonder how do the policeman go to the toilet??? Walk to nearby coffeeshop? Use the MP's house?

But come to think about it.....I don't think I envy the PM or MP. How can they go shopping freely like us or do whatever as freely as the commoners. They will need guards,etc....

Not forgetting... .cannot join opposition. Later being sue how ??? :!:

[auntieM]

MMM,

Thanks for great idea.. ...will quote your story k..