Check out this is great article, with great reader comments over at Creating Passionate Users. I chimed in with my own 2 cents and you should, too.

With my 7-year-old son, I believe in exposing him to as many different ideas, jobs, careers, hobbies, sports, etc as possible.

If he shows any interest in a particular activity, I support him. If he doesn't show an interest, I don't sign him up for something just because I think he should do it.

I figure that the more activities and concepts he is exposed to today, the better decisions he will make in the future.

Career advice for young people?

Would you encourage your kids to take up programming? Would you discourage them? Engineering? Architecture? Science? Medicine? Music? Design? Art? Social work? Writing? What advice would you give to a 14-year old today?

(Via Creating Passionate Users.)

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