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zoe_torres ([info]zoe_torres) wrote in [info]the_bullpen,
@ 2010-02-16 19:26:00


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Current mood: curious

What's the payoff for kids following in their parents' footsteps? If you have a talent, why not make it work for you instead of them?


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[info]princessbruiser
2010-02-17 02:39 am UTC (link)
I know I don't want to follow in my parents' footsteps.

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[info]zoe_torres
2010-02-17 03:21 am UTC (link)
I've been hanging around the fringes watching and all I see are do-gooders kids doing just what they're told to become more do-gooders.

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[info]princessbruiser
2010-02-17 03:54 am UTC (link)
My parents aren't what most people would call do-gooders, so yeah...not really itching to be just like them....

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[info]zoe_torres
2010-02-17 04:06 am UTC (link)
I can see that. It has to be a choice.

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[info]anyastark
2010-02-17 03:41 am UTC (link)
The payoff for me is running a multi-billion dollar international company. And kicking ass on the side.

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[info]zoe_torres
2010-02-17 04:07 am UTC (link)
So you picked it, it didn't pick you because your parents think you should follow their plans?

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[info]anyastark
2010-02-17 05:22 am UTC (link)
I picked it. Though I think my parents would have preferred me doing other things.

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[info]butterflybullet
2010-02-17 04:11 am UTC (link)
"Depends on the circumstance. Dad'd love it if I'd gone into business with him, but he knows I like Mom's style of separating business from let's face it, volunteer work, better."

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[info]zoe_torres
2010-02-17 04:27 am UTC (link)
It's your choice, right? Parents with a mission seem to be pretty heavy-handed when it comes to what their kids are doing.

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[info]butterflybullet
2010-02-17 05:07 am UTC (link)
I'm sure some are. But even Mom'd take it fine if I decided I didn't want to As it is, there's some aspects of following in Mom's footsteps she doesn't want to let me do fast enough.

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[info]better_now
2010-02-17 06:39 am UTC (link)
Well...sometimes a boy just wants to be close to his Da, you know? I mean, I assume it's true with girls, too.

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[info]zoe_torres
2010-02-17 02:49 pm UTC (link)
I don't know about other girls. My dad is mostly rumor but I hear he made an impression around here once.

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[info]better_now
2010-02-17 03:44 pm UTC (link)
Never met mine until I was 19, but I still had him on the brain a bit when I was wee.

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[info]iron_hide
2010-02-21 05:20 am UTC (link)
Where I'm from, everyone has to help out, and this was one of my talents. I learned a lot from my old man and my uncle, so I honor them with what I can do.

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