Kids' ambitions
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ChiefKiasu:
I don't know what my maid has been feeding my 3yo daughter, but sometime back she said she wants to be a maid when she grows up :shock: . When I woke up from my faint, I told her to go fetch me a cup of water and panadol, bring in my newspapers, kill some cockcroaches along the way, before she see to the poo-poo my dog has kindly deposited on the veranda. Since then, I never hear her repeat that \"ambition\" again.
My mother once told my daughter : \"If you don't study hard, you will end up working like your kakak (our maid)\" My girl said : \"Kakak's job is very good leh, she gets to eat maggie noodles whenever she likes\"
My girl likes to eat maggie noodles but she seldom gets to eat it.
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EN:
It does not matter how well my kids result are. What matter most is the effort that they have put in to accomplish the task.
The pressure really stems from parents who try to out do each other and comparing how well their children are in school. Education is a long journey. Top in primary school does not equate to a successful and happy life in the future.
Of course having said these, I nearly faint when my daughter told me (she was in P1 then) that she would like to work in a boutique, to be fashion advisor. She likes to draw different types of clothing & not bad in her fashion sense. So, I told her, she will have my blessing but she still must at least have basic education to carry her through.
My girl told me that she wants to be an artist or a fashion designer. I will ask her again when she is 15 years old. If she still wants to be a fashion designer, I will do my best to support her. Who knows she may become the next Vera Wang
I think my boy secretly wish to be a zookeeper He loves animals.
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tamarind:
Did you know - Vera Wang began life as a figure skater. Only when she quit skating around the time she was 20 then did she enter the fashion industry.
My girl told me that she wants to be an artist or a fashion designer. I will ask her again when she is 15 years old. If she still wants to be a fashion designer, I will do my best to support her. Who knows she may become the next Vera Wang 
So, you'll never know!
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DS1 wants to be a fireman. DD2 is too young to articulate her ambition, but from her behaviour, likely she wants to be tai-tai :lol:
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[quote]tamarind wrote:
My girl told me that she wants to be an artist or a fashion designer. I will ask her again when she is 15 years old. If she still wants to be a fashion designer, I will do my best to support her. Who knows she may become the next Vera Wang
Did you know - Vera Wang began life as a figure skater. Only when she quit skating around the time she was 20 then did she enter the fashion industry. So, you'll never know![/quote]She was not able to get a nice wedding gown for herself and decided to make her own. That was the start. -
My DS1 (4yo) has quite \"ordinary\" ambitions... first it was a teacher, then astronaut, now it is astronomer. My DS2 (2yo) probably has no idea what I am talking about if I ask him that question, but he loves cars... but not driving them, he likes to park his cars... so maybe for now he is secretly wishing he can be a valet parking attendant?!
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A lot of time we asked our children what they want to be when they grow up. Me too, I started asking when my DD was 3 and she answer keep changing everytime we asked her.
But one day there was a backfire....
My P1 DD came back from school and asked me why I don't work as a doctor. She said her so and so classmates' parents are doctors and doctors can earn a lot of money. How would you answer this type of question? :? -
KSP:
KSP, I had a JC mate who answered that question posed to him by Med school dean (he was also called up for Law School and answered the same way...he got a place in law school and med school rejected him straightaway!
My P1 DD came back from school and asked me why I don't work as a doctor. She said her so and so classmates' parents are doctors and doctors can earn a lot of money. How would you answer this type of question? :?
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DD1 wants to be a teacher - first it was pre-school, now it's ballet and possibly high school teacher coz she thinks the kids are smarter :shock: :shock:
DD2 wants to have a career related to food (size shows) :love: and
DD3 says she wants to be a mummy
I didn't have the heart to tell her that the egyptian ones not counted -
Mine just added DOCTOR to his ambition list after watching the recent Doctor talkshow about a girl experiencing puberty at age 2 ... something like that. He exclaims that it was SO interesting (& honestly I don't recall explaing puberty term to him). His father is taking every opportunity to seriously brainwash him that there are better jobs out there than doctors :lol:
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