What Are the Most Popular Childhood Dream Jobs?
You only live once, though most of us had enough ideas for childhood dream jobs for four, five or even six lifetimes! From astronauts to doctors, truck drivers to teachers, we explore the most popular childhood dream jobs from the past and present – and guess at the ones for the future.
Top 7 Childhood Dream Jobs
What did you want to be when you grew up? A famous TV star, a singer, a nurse or a journalist? The great thing about having dreams when you are young is that you can dream big! Seven of the most popular jobs children dream of having include:
- Musician – has your child been influenced by The Wiggles or do they simply enjoy playing with musical instruments and want to learn more about them?
- Athlete – maybe they see themselves as being a future All Black or Silver Fern. There are many positive sports role models to look up to.
- Teacher – from kindy teachers to those at ‘big school,’ it’s hard not to want to be a teacher when you are surrounded by so many fabulous ones!
- Scientist – love mixing glue and paint together?
- Veterinarian – always a popular choice due to all the super cute animals.
- Pilot – who wouldn’t want to head up into the clouds and explore the world?
- Police Officer – uniforms, police cars and catching baddies remains one of the top childhood dream jobs today.
Our Magnetic Dream Big Playsets are available in a variety of dream jobs and are ideal for kids to learn about what their ‘heroes’ do. They are also a great starting point for parents to discuss the role of these people in our communities and the steps they take to be in their chosen roles.
Dream Jobs of the Future
We don’t have a crystal ball, but we do have the expertise and thoughts of our Squoodles bugs. Together with their ideas and a bit of research of our own, we’ve come up with some probable and quite far-fetched childhood dream jobs of the future. Can you guess which ones belong to which group?
- Computer user support specialists
- Minecraft teachers
- Self-driving car mechanic
- Drone manager
- Tele-surgeon
- 3D food chef
- Robot house builders
- Space pilots
We’ve made our predictions and we’ve shared what the most popular jobs are with the kids of today and yesterday – but what about your thoughts? Let us know in the comments what you wanted to be when you grew up (and if you achieved that), plus your future job predictions too!
