I too saw the article. I'm familiar with a number of families where the kids followed a parent's career path. Two of my brother's kids follow him and his wife into teaching, two didn't. Neither of my kids followed me into Corporate America...I didn't have a specific career vision when I was growing up, so I followed my dad's and went into Corporate America (different professional specialties though)...after 30 years I finally escaped and ran my own business for 20 years. I made it a point to foster early conversations about career path options with my two offspring. Neither followed my path...one became a writer and has won 5 Emmy's the other works at MIT
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