Comments on: Parents and passion http://omegamom.com/2009/06/14/parents-and-passion/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Fri, 25 May 2012 09:53:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Spacemom http://omegamom.com/2009/06/14/parents-and-passion/#comment-87242 Spacemom Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:09:03 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2009/06/14/parents-and-passion/#comment-87242 I totally agree. I could not say this better. My parents pushed me to do something successful. I would have loved to paint as an artist if someone had told me it was possible. I wish... sigh... I wish for children to be HAPPY with what they do. Truly happy. I will make suggestions, but.. I want them Happy, because what is the point of success, if you aren't happy? I totally agree. I could not say this better.
My parents pushed me to do something successful. I would have loved to paint as an artist if someone had told me it was possible.

I wish… sigh…

I wish for children to be HAPPY with what they do. Truly happy. I will make suggestions, but.. I want them Happy, because what is the point of success, if you aren’t happy?

]]> By: Jean http://omegamom.com/2009/06/14/parents-and-passion/#comment-86994 Jean Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:00:37 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2009/06/14/parents-and-passion/#comment-86994 Right as usual. I always felt " one should get paid to play". This really freaked my mother out, especially when I insisted that was what she had done when she insisted on going into journalism and ended up Travel Editor on the Chicago Daily News and got paid to travel all around the world. Oh No what she did was WORK. Right as usual. I always felt ” one should get paid to play”. This really freaked my mother out, especially when I insisted that was what she had done when she insisted on going into journalism and ended up Travel Editor on the Chicago Daily News and got paid to travel all around the world. Oh No what she did was WORK.

]]> By: VinegarMartini http://omegamom.com/2009/06/14/parents-and-passion/#comment-86969 VinegarMartini Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:33:13 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2009/06/14/parents-and-passion/#comment-86969 The biggest blunder parents can make is trying to either force a 'passion' on their child(ren) or assuming their lost youth's passion is the one their child(ren)should have, too. We all fall into something - sooner or later! The biggest blunder parents can make is trying to either force a ‘passion’ on their child(ren) or assuming their lost youth’s passion is the one their child(ren)should have, too.

We all fall into something - sooner or later!

]]> By: Wendy http://omegamom.com/2009/06/14/parents-and-passion/#comment-86951 Wendy Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:56:26 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2009/06/14/parents-and-passion/#comment-86951 I really liked this post. It's how I was raised and how I want to raise my daughter. And on a side note, I majored in theatre in college and I still have your friend's textbook!!! I really liked this post. It’s how I was raised and how I want to raise my daughter.

And on a side note, I majored in theatre in college and I still have your friend’s textbook!!!

]]> By: preTzel http://omegamom.com/2009/06/14/parents-and-passion/#comment-86911 preTzel Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:41:21 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2009/06/14/parents-and-passion/#comment-86911 What a beautiful post Kate. I hope many parents read it and learn something. :) What a beautiful post Kate. I hope many parents read it and learn something. :)

]]> By: D2 http://omegamom.com/2009/06/14/parents-and-passion/#comment-86895 D2 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:57:39 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2009/06/14/parents-and-passion/#comment-86895 The way I try to think about this (and I learned that from K2) is "find a career that you will love and that provides you a level of income that you can be happy with". So if you want to be a children's music teacher and can happily live of $25k/yr - more power to you. But if you cannot envision having less than $100k/yr and want to go into journalism... let's work on that backup plan... Now all I need to do is remind myself of this every time my children tell me what they want to do and the German with the math/cs background in me cringes... The way I try to think about this (and I learned that from K2) is “find a career that you will love and that provides you a level of income that you can be happy with”. So if you want to be a children’s music teacher and can happily live of $25k/yr - more power to you. But if you cannot envision having less than $100k/yr and want to go into journalism… let’s work on that backup plan…

Now all I need to do is remind myself of this every time my children tell me what they want to do and the German with the math/cs background in me cringes…

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