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Has anyone else let down their parents that always wanted you to be a doctor lawyer etc. or take over the family lace hankie factory. yet you dug your heels in and did your own things?
My dad taught me to be a builder and i have, over the years gone back to it when my kids were born, but i would never have stuck it out for ever. My parents hated what i did for a living and were delighted by my elder brother being a fireman. I am trying not to do this with my lads but i do worry how they will get on when i am gone, and i do keep suggesting careers for them.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I really wanted to go into the probation service, and was offered a job at Wormwood Scrubs. My dad absolutely hit the roof and told me that no daughter of his was going to work in a prison. He even phoned the prison and told them just that! I still cringe when I see a picture of the prison on the TV. I'm involved in similar work now but wish I had dug my heels in then.
All parents want what's best for their children, and have their own idea's on what would be a suitable career choice. However, as a child, and an individual, you are entitled to do what you want with your life, otherwise - it isn't your life! Don't feel bad for not pleasing your parents, as long as you pleased yourself, that's the main thing - why would you want to do a job that made you miserable? If you went on a killing spree, were adicted to drugs and robbed people for money to pay for your habit, then yes, parents would have something to be ashamed about, however, making your own career choice, is a hard enough decision, without parents getting on at you.
I would recommend that you play an interested part in your children's education, make suggestions and give ideas, but don't enforce them on your children, support them in their decision, as one day when they finally make their choice, they will be adults, and you will have done your job of raising children who can make decisions and not rely on others all the time to tell them what to do. Jet
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