Show School and Home by Dr Daryl Doryl J J. J McCarty Executive ve Secretory Secretary Utah Education Association Deciding on a career Instead of deciding on the career I want my child to have I r should let my child decide then move mountains to make It happen Right Hight Not necessarily Books have been written and movies produced on the theme of stern parents selecting their childrens children's life work and thus destroying their lives Its It's pretty well established that the youngster should have havea a lot to say about what he or she will do after flying away from the nes nest t. t But look at the case of Lisa She decided at about age 13 that she wanted to be a veterinarian Terrific I chorused her mom momand momand momand and dad They bought her delightful books on the veterinarians veterinarian's veterinarians veterinarian's veterinarians veterinarian's vet vet- life such as All Creatures Great and Small Those zealous parents arranged for their daughter to spend a day working as a non- non paid assistant to a veterinarian THEY TilEY URGED Lisa to write a young lady from Utah who had just enrolled in veterinary school They corresponded The parents glowed when Lisa started a bank account saving her sitting baby-sitting money to set up her office-animal office hospital when she received her degree in veterinary medicine someday She wrote themes for English classes on the care of ill and injured animals The zoo was one of her very favorite places and no dog she saw no matter how scraggly or homely homely- escaped her loving attention Lisas Lisa's goal was her parents' parents goal and they gloried in thinking of how happy their daughter would be And how smart she was to choose her career so early in life It was all alla a beautiful dream NO i is is 17 and she he still lov loves s dogs But she's fond Cond of other things too-dancing too and singing with a musical group And just jus t recently she announced announced announced an an- that when she goes to college next year shell she'll major majorin in drama It would be fair to say that those parents regretted seeing their daughter slip away from her hearts heart's desire at age 13 It is also fair to say that young people often change their minds and parents many times have difficulty recognizing and accepting this |