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

[DesertWind]

snowman.697:

My mum wants me to start a business, but I want to pursue my dream of becoming an SIA pilot.

Good for you, snowman!

[janet88]

My wish for my kids - grow up happy, have moral values, healthy and pursue their dreams and working hard to achieve them.

[cherrygal]

snowman.697:

My mum wants me to start a business, but I want to pursue my dream of becoming an SIA pilot.

Your mom has business sense and not many parents encourage this. She's right actually. The rich are mostly business owners. SIA pilots look cool in their uniforms and earn a respectable income but will never reach the level of income of a successful business owner. But of coz, there are risks involved. Well, pilots have occupational risks as well!

Read \"Rich Dad, Poor Dad\" by Robert Kiyosaki. Go for your dreams!

[cherrygal]

As for my kids, they can do anything they want as long as it's legal and rolls in the dough. They also gotta be filial. :lol:

[sleepy]

cherrygal:

As for my kids, they can do anything they want as long as it's legal and rolls in the dough. They also gotta be filial. :lol:

:hi5:

[jellybelly]

janet_lee88:

My wish for my kids - grow up happy, have moral values, healthy and pursue their dreams and working hard to achieve them.

Same here!

On my kids' aspirations, at one point, my little girl wanted to be an elephant when she grows up... now my 3 yr old wants to be a tiger!

[qizai]

Actually, parental expectation in one’s career is one of the single biggest obstacles in a person’s career strategy…


While most parents genuinely want their children to not "suffer" in what they think are lousy jobs with low prospects, sometimes deep down in their hearts, factors like social status, ability to bring in more money, image, good ROI play a big role in expectations…

I encounter these in my own mother’s expectations of me and to a much bigger extent, my MIL’s expectation of my wife.

I did some reflection on what I want my son to do when he grows up.

While his personality is very similar to mine (of course, since half of his genes are mine), I realize that his interests are very different.

I catch myself sometimes portraying my own expectations on him, and have to step back.

So now, my conclusion is this.

Those in brackets are thoughts, not words…

"Son, pursue your interests in life. If it doesn’t make sense to me, I’ll tell you why. (After all, I have lived 30 more years than you). I hope to fully understand your choices, but at the same time (because I’ve seen more than you do), I really like to advise you if I think your choice is not pragmatic in Singapore, inflexible, insecure, just a passing phase, and not using your full potential. Hopefully, you can tap on my years of experience when you make your choices, at the same time looking deep into what you really want."

[duriz]

cherrygal:

As for my kids, they can do anything they want as long as it's legal and rolls in the dough. They also gotta be filial. :lol:

:goodpost: from a Mummy

[duriz]

jellybelly:

janet_lee88:

My wish for my kids - grow up happy, have moral values, healthy and pursue their dreams and working hard to achieve them.

Same here!

On my kids' aspirations, at one point, my little girl wanted to be an elephant when she grows up... now my 3 yr old wants to be a tiger!

That is too cute jellybelly, too cute :love:

[duriz]

qizai:

Those in brackets are thoughts, not words...


\"Son, pursue your interests in life. If it doesn't make sense to me, I'll tell you why. (After all, I have lived 30 more years than you). I hope to fully understand your choices, but at the same time (because I've seen more than you do), I really like to advise you if I think your choice is not pragmatic in Singapore, inflexible, insecure, just a passing phase, and not using your full potential. Hopefully, you can tap on my years of experience when you make your choices, at the same time looking deep into what you really want.\"

:goodpost: from a Daddy