What Are Your Hopes For Your Children, Especially Your Daughters ?

[roamer]

At 13 my daughters current dilema is will she represent Great Britain or Thailand in Badminton at the 2012 olympics

[Moonrakers]

If my Daughter (And any future children) grows up to be a good and happy person then I believe that I will have done a good job as a father, her being wealthy would be nothing more than a bonus.

My wife and I speak about this often, and asides from showing our love we also hope to teach her self discipline, self respect and also for her to learn the dignity of an honest days work no matter how small the reward maybe.

[teacup]

Well to be honest....I want them to live my dreams !!!

One should be "an architect" just like me......and with the left brain likes his engineer father

Another one should be "a family attorney" - with so much infighting on my thai family side, seems we need to add one inhouse attorney to the family tree!!

But ofcourse I know it's impossible......

So therefore I just wish they all will have a job, that's all

[bkkjames]

Well to be honest....I want them to live my dreams !!!

One should be "an architect" just like me......and with the left brain likes his engineer father

Another one should be "a family attorney" - with so much infighting on my thai family side, seems we need to add one inhouse attorney to the family tree!!

But ofcourse I know it's impossible......

So therefore I just wish they all will have a job, that's all

An architect and a lawyer, Teacup, you will be set for life.

[Neeranam]

Well to be honest....I want them to live my dreams !!!

I want my daughters to achieve their dreams, not mine.

Most of all, I want them to have happiness and inner-peace and realise that life is a journey, not a destination. I hope they don't lose the values that I am trying to teach them.

I couldn't care if they have good jobs or lots of money as by that time, I'd have hoped myself to have lost the desire for them and see them as unimportant, in the grand scheme of things, as they are.

My eldest is statring martial arts classes as I want her to be able to defend herself. I hope they stay away from drugs and alcohol. I hope they don't do most of the things I did.

[teacup]

Well to be honest....I want them to live my dreams !!!

One should be "an architect" just like me......and with the left brain likes his engineer father

Another one should be "a family attorney" - with so much infighting on my thai family side, seems we need to add one inhouse attorney to the family tree!!

But ofcourse I know it's impossible......

So therefore I just wish they all will have a job, that's all

An architect and a lawyer, Teacup, you will be set for life.

Yeah…That would be my FINAL hope & dream,…..

Oh…. I also plan to move in with them, just to stretch MY retirement baths.

[Moonrakers]

Oh, and after just getting back into the office from walking outside to get lunch:

I also hope that my daughter will understand that it IS OK to move with some urgency when walking/doing something.

[DB84]

At 13 my daughters current dilema is will she represent Great Britain or Thailand in Badminton at the 2012 olympics

Both are horrible & need new talent (at least for singles) so I think she can pick and choose

[OxfordWill]

If you consider the sex trade acceptible - in any of its forms, how could you possibly argue against your daughter earning a living that way?

Hmm

If you find war acceptable, in any form, how can you possible argue against your daughter going to war?

If you find killing acceptable, in any form (death penalty), how can you possibly argue against your daughter being a killer?

Or to put it another way, > P, (Q&R), = IDIOT

Edited August 19, 2008 by OxfordWill

[Livinginexile]

One thing is for sure.

My sons education will be in a western country, no way I want him with a Thai uni degree and then land a job for 15k bht a mth.

By the time he is 8 or 9 we will be back in Oz.

[CWMcMurray]

If you consider the sex trade acceptible - in any of its forms, how could you possibly argue against your daughter earning a living that way?

I am not saying that the sex trade in any of its forms is acceptable, but one reply to your above statement might be... Shoveling sh#t is an honest job, but not one I would want for my daughter.