So, it’s tricky. Our older kids knew the space they wanted to be in, but not specifically what they wanted to do. Oldest is a health science major with an eye on public health/healthcare consulting as an end goal. Middle is a business major with an eye on making as much money as possible, likely in corporate sales (their dad’s career track), this one is a little more tricky. I could see her on a boat in the Galapagos studying the environment and sea turtles, but she wants to continue living here in the northeast and where we live, to own a home you basically need two earners making 150k-200k to buy a starter home. So what I think she would do if we had independent wealth and what I can see her doing to pay the bills are different. The bio major would give her a lot of options to get a grad degree, work in consulting, work for a pharmaceutical company etc. So I think she is leaning that way. I hate that our kids even have to think this way, but they understand where we live and what it takes to survive here, so it makes the conversation take on a more practical tone.
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