Do you as a parent want your child to follow your footsteps in career?

No because they have their own likes, abilities and passion

I would never want my kids to be an engineer like me. There is saturation in this field now. I would ask my kid to make their carrier in the field they are interested in.

I want my kids to get a job or a career that makes them happy. Why do something you don’t like to please another person all that does is make you unhappy. As a parent it’s not part of parenthood to make my kids feel they have to do as I’ve done. Clearly I do not do the same thing as my own mother. She is a working women always has been me I’m a stay at home mom. My daughter she is only 10 and doesn’t even know what she wants yet. My boys they express thing they like abs we explore them.

No... while I've enjoyed my life, I want my daughter to do what makes her happy. She and I like a lot of the same things but she's shy where I'm only a little bit shy... and I'm sweet and innocent but she definitely isn't...

I worked in the medical field, with only a simple certification. I never pressured my daughter to follow in this pattern. Instead, she went into the medical field, excelled in every area, earned highly respected degrees and loves this choice that she made. Also, I took care of other people's children, while the parents worked. My daughter is a Pediatrics Nurse, she cares for sick children in a hospital.

I don't have kid, but my parents always told me to do what I want to pursue in career.

I have not followed in my parents footsteps. I do not have children. Suppose I had children, I do not think they should be pressurized by me to follow in my footsteps. Every person has the right to decide his career. It may be true that one may feel afraid when the child is walking on a totally different career path. However, if the child is showing true interest in his field and is quite passionate on that career path, then there is no doubt he will succeed. My paternal grandfather was a carpenter, while my father was on some government job. I am an online writer. My maternal grandfather;s father was a cook, while grandfather was in some clothes business job while my mother became a teacher.

I don't have kids. But if I did, my dream is not related to them. They should live their own life.

As a matter of fact, my son was also doing hair, ..it is in the family back through the generations.

We are happy our two sons followed their own paths of interest. They love their careers and are happy and successful. Most parents want that for their children.

No, will not pressure children to follow me. They have their own passion and special abilities.