Children by nature are curious and love to dream about many
things. Among those dreams are what they would like to do when they grow up.
Many times adults, however, squash those dreams, discounting them as irrelevant
or not possible. Along with crushing those dreams, many times the child’s
self-esteem is also crushed.
Let’s change that for our generation of children, and
instead help them chase those dreams whole-heartedly! If they want to sing,
allow them to take lessons and every opportunity to sing. If they want to race
cars, they can start by racing bikes. If they want their own business, they can
have a lemonade stand that partners with other businesses and travels to
different locations. If they want to go to the Olympics, let them start
training now. If they want to be a Youtube star, help them write the scripts,
filming and uploading to the website. If they desire to work in the medical
field, fire or police department, take tours of the various places and see how
they can get involved as early as possible. Help them research their career of
choice by reading books, searching the internet, doing interviews and even
practicing the skills at home and school. Let them draw and color pictures and
talk about their dreams. Help them set goals and lists of things they can do to
make it happen. As they are doing all these things they might discover that
what they thought they wanted to do, isn’t at all what they wanted. Then assist
them in exploring other opportunities and go through the process as many times
as they would like. It is amazing the bonding between parents and children when
they dream, work and play together, helping each other become all that they
were meant to be.
