do you think Little Bindy is being pushed to be like a father?

You are correct to a point. I lost my mother when I was 7, and now my aunt told me I have many characters just like her. There are genes, as we know, that creates life that way. As far as animals go, people either are sensitive naturally in communication with animals, or they are not. It is a sixth sense I fully understand. The little girl might have it the same way as her father, which would be normal. I hope she is getting help handling the loss of her father though. She is still only a little girl and only human. It is easy to see natural abilities in little children when people just pay attention close enough. I could easily see it in a 3-yr-old who is a doctor's daughter. For Bindy, I guess we can only wait and see what happens. Hopefully as Binky grows she will become her own person though.

its normal cos most of the times kids talk about becoming like their parents, so to me it sounds very natural. but then in some cases it could be cos the thoughts are being imposed on the kid. its also possible that she is not yet mature enough to understand the implications of her decision.

I don't think she is being pushed. Look at her parents...both were/are big into helping wildlife. Why wouldn't they pass that on to their children? If she wants to help animals at this young age, let her! Isn't that what Steve did? He grew up around these animals? If she wants to help, let her. If she wants to be in the public eye, let her. Don't take her away from what she knows. Most kids if they don't want to do something will tell you. Mine do and boy are they vocal about it.

I think her heart says so. she may be little, but as she has grown up in such a surrounding, may be her father's work has made her say so. Let her do what she wants.

What a guy to have had for a dad!! I'm not surprized that Bindy is experiencing such grief over the loss of her father. I've read that he had his family with him all the time. I don't dispute the fact that she may already know what she wants to be when she grows up. I think alot of kids have a passion or a knack for something at an early age. I've heard the parents of our mechanic say that he was always taking things apart when he was little. Don't forget that she has a mom and from what little I have seen or read about her she seems like a very reasonable person with her childrens interest at heart.

no she can decide with her mom

I don't think she's being pushed at all. Look at her when she talks about it. Her face just lights up. Sure she's young and she could quite possibly change her mind, but at the moment, she wants to be like her father and do what he did. I have to disagree with you thinking she's being pushed.

It sounds to me that she is not being pushed, but rather that the 'bug' is well and truely in her of her own volition.

I agree to a certain extent I guess only time will tell what she wants to be when she gets older.. but I think lil Bob may follow in his Dad's footsteps. Bindy has had more time with her Dad as she was growing and thats all she really knew him to be. Perhaps he was just trying to teach her his passion for animals and that she shouldnt have anything to fear.. I dunno.. But I hope they both do well in whatever it is they end up doing.

I don't know if she is being pushed to follow in her father's footsteps. She has been around animals all her life and she loved her father very much, so right now this is something she wants to do. She seems like a happy little girl and is probably having fun doing what she is doing. She may feel differently when she gets older, and I don't think she should be pressured into continuing with it if she doesn't want to.

Like many other responses, I think Bindi is an intelligent sensitive child, who loved her father and wants to be like him and that she has a loving mum, and a true desire to love and protect animals the way her parents always have. I believe all of that is only natural. But on the other hand, I believe the adults in her life have an obligation to monitor her decisions and choices, I don't think necessarily she is being pushed, but children have a way of "absorbing" responsibilities or expectations of the adults/world around them. I think it is wonderful and maybe even good "therapy" for Bindi to do some shows etc, but I think she is still grieving and still to young to be totally absorbed in it, she should be encouraged in other areas of interest and helped to have a healthy balance of interests in her life and what of her brother in all of this where is he?, while so much attention is being placed on his dad and sister?

I think....."let her go". she's doing what she loves and that just happens to be the same thing that her dad did. Do you really think that Terri (her mum) would make her do something she didn't want to do? No, I don't think so. Yes, Bindi is still very young and while she might be following in her father's footsteps now and doing what she enjoys, there is still plenty of time for her to change her mind when she's older and do something else if she chooses to do so. I think the media should back off Bindi and leave her be and let her continue doing what she loves.

I feel really bad for this girl. I don't think she has had time to properly mourn the very recent loss of her father before being shoved in front of TV cameras. I don't know who is making this decision, because she certainly isn't old enough to do so, but I think it is highly irresponsible.

I agree, yes she may have a natural love for animals. And I do belive that because of who her parents are she also may have a much larger understanding, but still she is only a little girl. She is being used for media and I am not sure that she knows how much. Saying this I also belive that if she said no to doing something they wouldn't fource her to. I just don't think she understands all that they are asking her to do.

I think that Terry is going to do what she thinks is best for her children. I don't htink she is being pushed per se, I think she is doing what she knows her father loved and what he loved to share with her. I guess that time will tell.

I don't think that her family would push her knowing what happened to her father. I think that being around animals is just something that comes natural to her and has always been around her. I think that it is a way of life. You see people follow in their parents footsteps all the time. I know that many are adult when they do, but many are not as famous or go into careers that require them to be older (such as race car drivers -- and we all know that some of them have seen fathers killed on the track but keep on racing themselves). Some people are just driven by their passions and know at earlier ages what they want to do. Maybe Bindy is just like that. I think that people often make to much out of things and go looking for things that aren't there. Let her be a kid and pursue this if she wants to.

Kids say the darnest things. You will be surprise of what little bindy feel at this time on what she wants out of life. Most kids look up to their parents and say I want to be just like my mom or I want to be just like my daddy. I am sure she looked up to her father as being the greatest person in the world. She will be constantly growing through a transitional stage in her life and might decide to be something else when she gets older. I dont think she is being forced. Children dont like to let their parents down she might feel as what she is doing might have made her dad proud if he was living.

ya right but i think i replied to this discussion once... why its opened 2 times blush

well buddy its her love towards her father make her say and other thing would be the fame her father left behind him... they can cash that fame u know

In regards to little Bindy, no I do not think she is being pushed to be like her father at all, yes she does want to do the same work that Terry did, Bindy is so much like her father and you know that she went out and about with her Dad, I do understand what you are saying how can she know what she wants to be at her age but don't you remember that when you were a child you wanted to be like one of your parents, I also do believe that it would be in her genies to be like her Dad, yes Bindy would be going to therapy due to being so upset losing her Dad so young as well.