When I Grow Up

!: When I Grow Up

The wisdom of kids is undeniable. Often, we as parents like to pride ourselves with the knowledge we will one day have passed onto our kids, but what about the knowledge they already possess? When was the last time you notion about the wisdom your child can share with you. Children have such an innocent outlook on the world and life, and it is phenomenal to see just how much they have already figured out over their relatively short life of just four, six, eight, and 11 years.

Relax, enjoy, and maybe even learn a few things, as these kids talk the age old quandary, When I grow up...

" I want to be the first lady president of the United States."- Emma, age 11 " I want to be a doctor. I will help sick kids. I will give them shots. I want them to be happy"- Cynthia, age 7 " I want to be a vet and an artist. I like to make pictures. I want to be a teacher and teach kids. I want to be a doctor and a nurse."- Jessica, age 9 " I will help take care of the dogs and cats. I want to be a vet. I want to help make them better."- Peyton, age 10 " I wanna be a princess." - Megan, age 3 " Maybe I can be a doctor, or an artist (like I am) and, maybe I could be a vet, so I could help animals feel better, and I would probably like to be builder or maybe music player or....well that's I think all I wanna be for now" - Emma, age 6 " I want to be a rapper or something because it just seems fun. I want to be a MacDonald's guy so I can eat lots of food."- Eric, age 8 " I wanna be ice cream scooper" - Lisa, age 4 "(I want) to be single, because then you can just play video Games instead of having to be all romantic and stuff."- Tyler, age 10 " I want to be a hairdresser." - Lisa, age 8 " I wanna be a dragon rider." - Jake, age 4 " I want to be a policeman. I will send the bad citizen to jail."- Travis, age 6 " I can be a coach. I can be an artist. I can teach first grade."- Jilly, age 8 " (I will) spend most of (my) time playing instead of going to work."- Tom, age 7 " I want to go to work. If I don't go to work, I will be a football player."- Justin, age 8 " I'm gonna live in the library. They have a copy machine!"- Casey, age 7 " I will play in the Nfl. I want to be a running back in the Nfl. I want to be on the 49ers."- James, age 9 " I want to play football. I want to be like Brett Farver. He plays for the Packers." - John, age 8 "I want to work with sharks because I love them and think they are interesting." - Anonymous, age 11 "A Barbie."- Anonymous, age 5 " I don't want to grow up, I don't want to work" - Sara, 5 "An Indy car driver, or if I cannot be that I want to be a wrestler, and if that doesn't work I want to be a Nascar driver."- Anonymous, age 9