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normalize not asking children big questions like "what do you want to be when you grow up" or asking teens to young adults "when are you going/are you going to have kids", "when are you going to get married", "when will you start dating", etc, etc..
like to me its just WILDDD to be a teenager, sitting with your parents chilling, and suddenly they're like "lol i cant wait for you to have a husband, you'll be such a great mother" like dawg im 16, cant you ask me hows school going instead of how you want my married life to go instead
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YES!!! on top of that, its crazy how everyone expects 16-17 year olds to know exactly what they want to do in life and force us to pick a school to determine the rest of our careers/academic journeys, when in fact our aspirations are gonna naturally change like 5 times.....
but with small children, i dont think theres harm in asking them what they want to do when they grow up. its just a nice question to let the, for example, parents to know what their kid's interests are :) but asking them about if theyre gonna have kids or something like that is kind of strange
yeah no valid!! the influence a parent's expectations have on their kids careers is something that shouldn't be overlooked as just them being curious
parents who be asking their teenagers if they're dating people, wanting kids, thinking about marriage, etc etc, when they're only 18-25 is weird to me too -- got their whole lives ahead of them, don't need to nag about it when or if it'll happen
and true, theres no actual harm in asking what kids want to be when they grow up :)) i only mean that, depending on the response and how dedicated the child is with pursuing it, a parent's opinion on the matter can affect how the kid feels about themselves (their choices, their wants, etc), and i dont think its right for kids to be feeling that pressure at such a young age
and yeah
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