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I've felt similar with my kids and objectively observing their dominant hand develop. I'm left-handed. I always have felt that being left-handed has contributed to my uniqueness and to my identity. It looks like the last one might be right-handed like the rest of her siblings. Obviously, that's just fine. They each are unique and special in their own way. I'm still holding out for a left-handed grandchild or two someday though!
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@Fast-Nop
My mom tells, at that age you loved eating soil. -
@Codex404 science technology engineering mathematics.
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@Teabagging4Life it's a fictional story, but what you're talking about is a main plot line in the movie Dead Poets Society. Being overbearing and "guiding" (forcing) your child to a specific career path backfired terribly. That's not always the case, but the movie was indeed thought provoking.
Imo, it's best to introduce them to lots of things but with a focus to guide them into learning what *their* passions and interests are. -
@duckWit Well to be honest I sensed my comment was too negative while OP was not bent on making his daughter follow a STEM career but rather curious, so it would be unfair against him. Since someone (you) caught a glimpse of it (I deleted it almost immediately after posting) , I would repost it but it is not in the clipboard and I am too lazy to write it again 😛 but the movie you mentioned did a better job than a mere paragraph, I guess, so you rest of people check it out (I have watched it).
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@Teabagging4Life Ha, I've been there. No worries man. I've ninja deleted tons of stuff after posting.
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I’m definitely going to be proud and supportive of whatever she finds an interest in. I am just being a hopeful dad that she gets or has my sense of curiosity for STEM things.
If she wants to be a singer, dancer, painter, cartoonist, photographer, make up artist, or even a unicorn rancher. I’ll try to be the most supportive parent that I can be for her dreams.
!Rant
I hope that my daughter takes an interest in STEM stuff. I’m going to introduce it early on for her. (She’s only 9 months old right now) but I’m admittedly nervous that she won’t have a hyper curious nature as she grows up. I was always super curious about learning about how things work, even though my parents never gave two thoughts about it. I don’t think that being curious and wanting to explore the inter-workings of stuff is learned so I’m just hoping she is a curious little-shit like I was as a kid hahaha.
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just dad thoughts