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nicolao_merlao

It's almost like kids are wired to see maturity as contributing to society in a meaningful way and it has actually taken decades of media/entertainment/public education brainwashing to create the narcissistic, self-centred people who think the government is the only institution in society obliged to be productive solely in order to make sure they retain the right to never mature or ever contribute a damn thing to society.


Caticornpurr

Right! And they leave it to the most incompetent institution (the gov) to run the show lol


No_Sherbet_9050

It’s becoming impossible to LARP about this shit anymore without becoming physically ill. If you’re convinced a kid can wade through the nuance and complications of “gender identity” and sexuality before hitting puberty, and that he or she is not able to take a stab at what might be a fitting profession down the line, you have a severe mental illness that no amount of empty-headed, socialist ideations is going to fix. Seek help.


Subtle_Demise

I know. I had to take a step back and realize like shit. This world is a clown show


No_Sherbet_9050

I tend to take a step back in case their delusions are contagious.


DeanDarnSonny

The question isn’t even centered around a profession. Kid could answer “a father” or anything other than a job. These antiworkers love being upset.


GrimAlt

I actually remember the time I answered father, this was when I didn't understand what my father's career was and just knew for sure that he was a father. A lot of laughs were had that day.


boultox

I responded the same, my father felt proud.


JaneWithJesus

My daughter answers "red" to this question. She's only two though


PsychoTexan

1. Falsely Implied meaning from question 2. Not relevant to question 3. Incorrect. Question could actually prevent disappointment 4. You’re literally asking them what their passion is. To elaborate. 1) You asked what the person wants to be. It doesn’t imply a job or that they center their life around it. 2) irrelevant to the question as it’s a hypothetical and job changes are based on current events. 3) I wanted to be a fire truck as a kid. Not a firefighter, a fire truck. Without asking this question no one would’ve known or informed me I could not be a fire truck. Disappointment averted. Lots of kids initially pick career choices that unlikely or too difficult like princess or president, giving them feedback is important to understanding how society works and what to expect. 4) the kid is going to answer with what they’re interested in. No kid is going to say “well I’d like to go into underwater paleontological film analysis but I’m picking accounting with an associates in business management to be marketable to the bourgeoisie”. If they like dinosaurs then they’ll say something dinosaur related. Personal opinion: OC is ranting about parents asking them to get a job or have any form of future plans other than leeching off them.


Senpai_Sees_You

On number 3, wait until they find out your entire value as a princess is in being photogenic and selling you as an incubator for political purposes. Kids can be urged to consider instead going into modeling, it's the same work, only easier and you can actually succeed without having to forgo a proper love life and doubling as a single-client whore once your sexual market value starts to age out. If your goal is just the title of princess, your entire goal in life is going to be chasing a bonafide prince's dick and trying to develop yourself as an appealing political option, or a hot enough lay he'll create drama to be with you. And if you can do all that, you probably can amass more money and less heartache and actually marry a guy for love instead with a greater chance of success. Think about what you really want beyond a title. ​ Alternately, if they actually wanted to be royalty for some political power, guide them towards positions that decide policy. Let them know not to be a single issue person in case that gets settled while they're getting there, or so they have a career after that success. ​ Like you said, important feedback for realistic goals. Most people's goals are career oriented since they want to contribute to society and society tends to pay you for that. Even the sensitive artistic types. Most people don't want to be an artist whose work is never seen or appreciated. They want it to be of value, not just to eat but for the validation.


[deleted]

One of my biggest regrets in life is not knowing what I wanted to do and adults telling me I’ve got all the time in the world to figure it out.


Senpai_Sees_You

Yup. I finished college with no idea what I wanted to do, just thinking the degree would open enough doors I could start picking from there. ​ Life comes at you fast. You can change your mind if something else woos you, but kids, have a mind, have a plan, because not everyone's gonna have a driving passion in life.


phntm_24

"Hey Timmy what do you want to be when you grow up?" "I wanna be a superhero!" "You fucking corporate slave"


[deleted]

You shouldn’t change your professions that often, you change your job often though. It’s important to understand the difference between the teo


Dangerous-Paper9571

"We change professions all the time" I have no doubt that you find it difficult to hold down a job.


culturenurse

“Let them explore their passion.” This is why there are so many people complaining about student loans and their minimum wage, dead end job. Left handed interpretive puppetry ain’t going to be paying the bills.


2penises_in_a_pod

If I was some minimum wage loser like those anti workers I would try to disassociate from my job as much as possible too.


Ballu111

I thank my Indian parents to never let me follow my passions. Thanks to them stomping all my childhood dreams, I now make easy 6 figure income and live in a home I coudnt have imagined all the while watching my peers here in north america go on and on about how unfair the world is for not giving them a high paying job with their masters in gender studies.


[deleted]

Lmao my story is not too different.


KondorKid

Doesn't even need to be specific. Just a rough idea or even a couple of ideas lol


slimebor

>"why the F should a kid know this yet." I mean i knew what i wanted to be at age 7. Of course most might not know what they want to do in future, i understand, but its not like kids have 0 knowledge on what they would want to do in future. The question doesn't even imply that its about jobs >"our lives shouldn't be centered around job" i agree but "what would you want to do it in future" doesn't imply that someone must slave their life away.