If you have children, do you think you would like them to be engineers too?

Question: If you have children, do you think you would like them to be engineers too?
- Keywords:
  children,
  family
Asked by hannahgrimes to Alex, Chris, Harriet, Jed, Ken on 19 Mar 2012.
- Alexander Zacheshigriva answered on 19 Mar 2012:
  
  Yes. However they should do what they are best at or what they enjoy most (which normally is the same thing). At least they will know plenty about engineering and will be able to make their choice.
- Ken Gibbs answered on 19 Mar 2012:
  
  Hannah: I have two children and the answer to your question is, “No, not unless they want to be.”
  
  My daughter is a public health specialist and happy in her work and in bringing up her children one of whom might become an engineer – but only if he/she wants to be an engineer. My son almost became an engineer until he discovered energy (oil, gas, alternative energies and so on) mixed with banking. Don’t ask because even I don’t fully understand exactly how his job works. However, to his credit, he lives in Woking, only a hop-skip-and-a-jump from McLaren’s factory, so I think he is a vicarious F-1 engineer. Also, he has two children, one of whom might become an engineer but only if he/she wants to be. . . .
- Jed Ramsay answered on 20 Mar 2012:
  
  I’ll certainly tell my daughter all about my job and how good it can be… but if she wants to be something different entirely then that’s totally fine with me!

Question: If you have children, do you think you would like them to be engineers too?