ABSTRACT
What do you want to be when you grow up? Kids are fi xated by this question, and, despite limited life experience, they usually have a clear answer. For example, my seven-year-old daughter wants to be a dolphin trainer by day and a doctor on the side. My son would like to be a sports announcer. That sounds more realistic than a dolphin trainer but I’m not counting on his career goal panning out, considering that he had a totally different answer last week-and a different one the week before that. We’ve run through everything from a cashier at A&W to president of the United States. But this constant evolution isn’t a bad thing. In fact, adults could learn a thing or two from kids’ focus on their future career-especially from the way their goals adapt based on their changing interests and on what they learn about the world.
