What Will I Be When I Grow Up?

Take pride in the child who wants to be a chef, a carpenter, a plumber, a dancer, a musician….

The issue is finding a passion and supporting it. If they have found it, let them run with it.

Let them explore. Get out of their way.

Point them towards where they may gather experience. Let them try, reach.

Therein they have purpose. It need not be easy. Purpose finds its way.

There is no waste of experience. Experience teaches.

If by chance they change their mind, so be it. Having tried, explored, engaged, from there they may find yet another passion, learning all the way.

Not all lives follow a predictable education and vocational trajectory. We don’t want to discourage.

Watch the journey. Be curious. Be pleased for their efforts more than outcomes.

One rarely finds oneself under the mismatched expectations of another.

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Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. Courts in Ontario, Canada, consider him an expert in social work, marital and family therapy, child development, parent-child relations and custody and access matters. Gary is the host of the TV reality show, Newlywed, Nearly Dead, former parenting columnist for the Hamilton Spectator and author of Marriage Rescue: Overcoming the ten deadly sins in failing relationships. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice.