Careers Advice Aged 7???

Kara1989 · Oct 27th, 2009, 06:51 AM

Not sure if this is the right place for this but yesterday I was reading in the paper that the government were thinking of introducing careers advice at aged 7 in school and was wandering what you all think. I'm really split about what I think. I have a very nearly 5 year old and obviously I want her to grow up and acheive anything she wants but then I don't want her to grow up too fast. It scares me slightly that if kids that age start thinking about jobs they might start thinking about other things there too young for. Also worried that Summer is currently convinced she's going to be a horse rider when she grows up, and I don't want the school telling her that's not a proper job or anything! I think careers advice is important, maybe if I'd been more focussed on what I wanted I wouldn't have left it to 20 and 2 kids later to decide what I want to do but 7 seems a tad early!!!

Blah11 · Oct 27th, 2009, 07:57 AM

I think it's ridiculous. I wanted to be a ballet dancer at age 7

helen1234 · Oct 27th, 2009, 09:40 AM

rosie wanted be a lollipop lady at 7 lol at 10 she wanted to be the woman behind cash dispenser counting the money and pushing out the slot lol

leeanne · Oct 28th, 2009, 09:05 AM

That's far too early. I wanted to be a singer at that age. Amanda changes her mind every year and so does Jayden. Neither are ready to seriously think about careers. Heck, they have conversations about when they move out and how they will know where mommy and daddy live. Definitely too young.

belladonna · Oct 28th, 2009, 09:14 AM

Im 26 and still dont know what I want to do!

I remember the careers adviser we had at school- we had to fill in a questionnaire and then she told us what job would suit us- they gave me being a nurse- I'm petrified of hospitals, faint at the sight of blood and don't like working with people!

I think 7 is way to soon- the kids may then think that the options given to them are things they have to do. I think choosing which subjects to study at 13 is too early anyway.

Panda_Ally · Oct 28th, 2009, 18:49 PM

Ridiculous!! I wanted to b a carrot farmer aged 7!!

However something has to be done about the 'when i grow up i want to be famous' mentallity alot of kids these days have!!! I wish we could go back to a time when you needed talent to achieve fame!!

morri · Oct 29th, 2009, 08:39 AM

thats ridiculous. kids shouzld have time to gro up before they take career advise into consideration. Interest change often enough .

Unicus · Nov 5th, 2009, 05:55 AM

i think its totally stupid. My daughter is 7 and she changes her mind daily on what she wants to be when she grows up.

indy and lara · Nov 23rd, 2009, 11:48 AM

I teach in a primary school in Scotland and this has been part of the Enterprise Curriculum for a while. It is not career's advice like the kind you get when when you are a teenager. It is more talking about the types of jobs there are in the world and finding out what people do in their jobs. Kids usually find it really interesting.

embojet · Nov 25th, 2009, 16:24 PM

I wanted to be a mermaid

Oct 27th, 2009, 06:51 AM	#1
Kara1989 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: London Posts: 64	Careers Advice Aged 7??? Not sure if this is the right place for this but yesterday I was reading in the paper that the government were thinking of introducing careers advice at aged 7 in school and was wandering what you all think. I'm really split about what I think. I have a very nearly 5 year old and obviously I want her to grow up and acheive anything she wants but then I don't want her to grow up too fast. It scares me slightly that if kids that age start thinking about jobs they might start thinking about other things there too young for. Also worried that Summer is currently convinced she's going to be a horse rider when she grows up, and I don't want the school telling her that's not a proper job or anything! I think careers advice is important, maybe if I'd been more focussed on what I wanted I wouldn't have left it to 20 and 2 kids later to decide what I want to do but 7 seems a tad early!!!

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Blah11 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 32,873	I think it's ridiculous. I wanted to be a ballet dancer at age 7

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helen1234 Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Dudley Posts: 7,833	rosie wanted be a lollipop lady at 7 lol at 10 she wanted to be the woman behind cash dispenser counting the money and pushing out the slot lol

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leeanne Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 26,691	That's far too early. I wanted to be a singer at that age. Amanda changes her mind every year and so does Jayden. Neither are ready to seriously think about careers. Heck, they have conversations about when they move out and how they will know where mommy and daddy live. Definitely too young.

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belladonna Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Posts: 962	Im 26 and still dont know what I want to do! I remember the careers adviser we had at school- we had to fill in a questionnaire and then she told us what job would suit us- they gave me being a nurse- I'm petrified of hospitals, faint at the sight of blood and don't like working with people! I think 7 is way to soon- the kids may then think that the options given to them are things they have to do. I think choosing which subjects to study at 13 is too early anyway.

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Panda_Ally Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 7,392	Ridiculous!! I wanted to b a carrot farmer aged 7!! However something has to be done about the 'when i grow up i want to be famous' mentallity alot of kids these days have!!! I wish we could go back to a time when you needed talent to achieve fame!!

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morri Trying to conceive (TTC) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hamburg(Germany) Posts: 6,135	thats ridiculous. kids shouzld have time to gro up before they take career advise into consideration. Interest change often enough .

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Unicus Waiting To Try (WTT) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: South Wales Posts: 431	i think its totally stupid. My daughter is 7 and she changes her mind daily on what she wants to be when she grows up.

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Nov 23rd, 2009, 11:48 AM	#9
indy and lara Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,775	I teach in a primary school in Scotland and this has been part of the Enterprise Curriculum for a while. It is not career's advice like the kind you get when when you are a teenager. It is more talking about the types of jobs there are in the world and finding out what people do in their jobs. Kids usually find it really interesting.

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Nov 25th, 2009, 16:24 PM	#10
embojet Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 4,282	I wanted to be a mermaid

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