What Did You Want To Be When You "Grew" Up?

[melilley]

My 10 year old daughter had an assignment at school where she had to answer questions about herself. Well one of the questions was "when I get older I want a job as________. and she said "daycare"! I knew she liked to help me, but I never thought she would say that!

What did you want to be when you "grew" up?

I have always wanted to be an elem. teacher, but earned my a AA in Child Development and opened my fcc years later.

[SilverSabre25]

I wanted to be a veterinarian.

[jenboo]

I wanted to be an artist or teacher. I started out as liberal studies my first semester in collage then changed to child and family development and earned my bachelors degree.
I am definitely no where near being an artist....no talent here!

[Size18]

So many things, but when I got to the age where I realized that life was real... LOL!, I dreamed of being a mother, and staying home to raise my babies. I always enjoyed caring for babies and children, cooking and baking, and staying busy around the house, so settling myself into a career of doing just that, fit the bill for me perfectly!

I wanted to be just like MY mom.

[Size18]

Originally posted by melilley
My 10 year old daughter had an assignment at school where she had to answer questions about herself. Well one of the questions was "when I get older I want a job as________. and she said "daycare"! I knew she liked to help me, but I never thought she would say that!

That is so awesome!

[Michelle]

I just wanted to be wanted

[Brooksie]

Well it started that I wanted to be a geologist, and then a high school history teacher and then when I graduated I realized that I never wanted to spend any more time in high school and then I was pursuing a degree in Zoology when I got pregnant. I then was certified for Daycare, and licensed and now I'm up for a scholarship through Maryland State Department of Education to get a degree in child development and early education. Oh how things change over time!

[AfterSchoolMom]

I wanted to be a horse trainer. From high school onward, I wanted to be an artist/art teacher. Now I'd just love to have time to draw something once in awhile.

[BumbleBee]

I wanted to be a teacher & a mom. :-)

[WImom]

I wanted to be a mom and preschool teacher. Decided to do childcare so I would make more and own my own business doing it the way I wanted.

[tratliff]

BAHAHAHA, we were cleaning out our storage a while back and I found a box of old school projects and whatnot. In it was some type of future plan we created, must have been 6-7 years old. It clearly stated that when I grew up, I wanted to be an exotic dancer, with those exact words. Pretty crazy. I don't remember that phase but it must have been fun and embarrassing for my mom! (Who was never a stripper, or was anyone we knew, that I know of at least) What I wanted to be has changed so many times and I never had a really clear idea until recently. I had my son pretty young and now, what really matters to me is my family. I love kids and really want to be home with mine without being in the poorhouse all the time. I remember wanting to be a teacher in high school... maybe it's all coming together in some way or another.

[Candyland]

First, a "mom" and then a "teacher".

[Michael]

BAHAHAHA, we were cleaning out our storage a while back and I found a box of old school projects and whatnot. In it was some type of future plan we created, must have been 6-7 years old. It clearly stated that when I grew up, I wanted to be an exotic dancer, with those exact words. Pretty crazy.

Makes sense to me. Texas!



I wanted to be a singer songwriter.

[spinnymarie]

I always wanted to be a elementary teacher, taught Kindergarten for 6 years and then started my home day care after one year of maternity leave. So far so good!

[MsLaura529]

I wanted to be an elementary teacher or a vet. The vet thing flew out the window when our family dog had a fatty tumor on her leg and I couldn't pet her anywhere near her leg without feeling like gagging, haha.

DD (4) keeps telling people that she wants to be "mom's daycare helper" when she grows up. It used to be a doctor ... I think I'm going to start motivating her towards that again, haha.