Helping child find a "passion"

Northstarmom
Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:45:31 +0000

“parents who don’t seem interested in anything beyond the usual, every day stuff, never go beyond the parameters of what they know already either socially, culturally or geographically, end up with kids just like them.”

I think that pursuing passions is based on genetics, not role modeling. I’ve seen kids who pursued passions even though their parents had no interest in such things, and even thought the kids were strange for so determinedly pursuing their interests.

Kids who have passions will pursue them regardless of whether their parents support their interests.

There also are parents who passionately pursue their interests and are puzzled by having offspring who aren’t passionately interested in anything.