i had speak with my daughter....

During the school days the children are not matured enough to select their profession. They may have some facination towards certain jobs which they aquire little knowledge. On joining in higher studies in a college or in an university, they get a lot of feed back and gain more knowledge. Further it developes their capacity to decide. You can discuss with her about her plan for the future and assess it carefully and guide her properly with a friendly approach.

Dear Vanities, Don't worry over your daughters decision. When they are in school will not the time for them to decide on the future, they most probably will be in their teens. Children keep changing in their life . As they grow up their decisions will alter as they find out more about their life. Not only that, she has given you a reason. That itself is very good. Because teaching is a very noble profession and one has to be deeply into it. She should be a very sincere teacher because she will be held responsible in the making of the students to be good citizens. If she thinks that she will notbe able to take enough care, then it would be better she calls it quits. My daughter used to tell me that she never wanted to learn computers at all but now she is carrying a laptop wherever she goes and works on it. So leave it to them. Let her decide on what she wants to.. She'll do well wherever she is..

I think the idea about career changes in many cases.Actually when children are younger, they think the career option would be something else.But after some time the total idae changes when there is brush with reality. look if she is guided properly. also in business, is she taking right path?

i would suggest you look for steve job's inspirational speech way back 2005 on youtube and everything will be clear for the both of you. it is very simple but true. we all have to let go and realize that they have a full life ahead of them and all we can do is guide them to the right path. gp where their heart desires , it may not be appealing to us but that is what they like to do.remember , when we were young. we too have our own foolish wants even though we do not understand what it is but everything will be connected to the future.

Hello vanities, Honestly, I have no experience on this as my son is way too young to know what he wants to be one day. But after reading your discussion, I think you should let her do whatever she wants to do for her future and support her if you can. I don't think it is a bad idea that she is planning to start her own business. As a parent, the best you should do is to support her and give the best advice on her choice of job she wants to do later.

I don't have a kid yet but the circumstance is just like mine. I graduated as a physical therapist, but i work as a teacher. i like to teach more than handling patients. though the latter has more money than the former. Your dauhgter i think is ok. sometimes we think the one side of things like teaching; she may have like the teaching but realize that there are some work beyond teaching. let's face it, teaching is not an 8-hour work. it goes beyond(studying, lesson planning, and doing a lot of thinking how to make the lessons creative and interesting). Don't worry she's ok. I hope i had encourage you.