Yeah I can totally understand Phoebe because you’re asking a child to put aside their childhood and just living for the moment and think of the future.
I think I found that many kids, myself included never became anything like what I turned out to be now.
I do all different kinds of things.
I have a recent new job doing cart pushing at the store.
It’s the first official job I’ve ever had in a business.
I have written stories.
I have made some impressive piano songs that are entirely mine and original.
never would I have seen myself doing any of this back then.
it’s just as surprising how a fair number of children will stick to their ideas and knowing what they will do when they grow up.
I wonder how the children who want to be cops or firemen would react if they were told that such jobs were scary and dangerous and not just like a hero movie.
How they would feel if they know they could die and never see their families again.
but Phoebe most absolutely should make the most of her childhood in case she ever gets too heavy to ride Marigold.
and I think I was more annoyed being constantly asked about what I would be when I grew up.
people should live in the phase and moment of their life and not stretch their brains with the future.
it just so happens that I am reading The Wolf Connection by Teo Alfero and he says that animals such as wolves don’t know and don’t care about their future and we don’t think outside ourselves enough.
a better thing to say to adults would be I’m not sure, but I know it will be right and I will be good at it whatever it is.
Admittedly, never really thought about it like that, but I suppose it is a valid point. Of course, thinking ahead to what you’ll be when you “grow up” is a good thing to be considering, but that doesn’t mean what you’re doing here and now isn’t any less important either. In fact, it might just be MORE important, because that, obviously, helps dictate where you’re at in the future, so…
Then, when you hit your mid 20s, you start to get a different round of questions… The perfect T-shirt for anyone under age 35 to wear to a family gathering reads like this: “Before you ask: No, I’m not in college anymore. Yes, I’m still single. Work is fine.”
When Phoebe grows up, she’ll probably be doing a job that doesn’t exist today. When I was six or seven and people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I said, ‘A paleontologist’. (Of course, I had to explain what that was). I ended up being a computer programmer, which was a job title that first appeared a year or two later.
Still, Phoebe should be careful what she asks for. If people ask her “Who are you?”, she’s not going to like the consequences of answering “I’m a good friend of a unicorn”,
The best thing you can do with kids is treat them as full fledged humans. I made my mind up to do that as soon as I had experience with grownups who didn’t.
“Frazz” from 02 Sep 2021 is at least somewhat related to this comic. “I love being told I’m growing up wrong by people I don’t want to turn out like.” https://www.gocomics.Com/frazz/2021/09/02
codycab 9 months ago
Phoebe is the most interesting girl in the world!
Antiyonder 9 months ago
So would Phoebe be down then with being a Toys R Us kid? Her parents kind of qualify right?
Averagemoe 9 months ago
That’s really more the kind of question you should ask during a midlife crisis.
Yngvar Følling 9 months ago
A good philosophy for a comic book kid, since the “grow up” bit will never come.
iggyman 9 months ago
Riding a Unicorn is interesting enough!
eddi-TBH 9 months ago
We know Phoebe is already interesting. That’s why we hang around with her.
eddi-TBH 9 months ago
It’s interesting she is wearing her hair loose today.
weshorse 9 months ago
Yeah I can totally understand Phoebe because you’re asking a child to put aside their childhood and just living for the moment and think of the future.
I think I found that many kids, myself included never became anything like what I turned out to be now.
I do all different kinds of things.
I have a recent new job doing cart pushing at the store.
It’s the first official job I’ve ever had in a business.
I have written stories.
I have made some impressive piano songs that are entirely mine and original.
never would I have seen myself doing any of this back then.
it’s just as surprising how a fair number of children will stick to their ideas and knowing what they will do when they grow up.
I wonder how the children who want to be cops or firemen would react if they were told that such jobs were scary and dangerous and not just like a hero movie.
How they would feel if they know they could die and never see their families again.
but Phoebe most absolutely should make the most of her childhood in case she ever gets too heavy to ride Marigold.
and I think I was more annoyed being constantly asked about what I would be when I grew up.
people should live in the phase and moment of their life and not stretch their brains with the future.
it just so happens that I am reading The Wolf Connection by Teo Alfero and he says that animals such as wolves don’t know and don’t care about their future and we don’t think outside ourselves enough.
a better thing to say to adults would be I’m not sure, but I know it will be right and I will be good at it whatever it is.
scyphi26 9 months ago
Admittedly, never really thought about it like that, but I suppose it is a valid point. Of course, thinking ahead to what you’ll be when you “grow up” is a good thing to be considering, but that doesn’t mean what you’re doing here and now isn’t any less important either. In fact, it might just be MORE important, because that, obviously, helps dictate where you’re at in the future, so…
French Persons Premium Member 9 months ago
Then, when you hit your mid 20s, you start to get a different round of questions… The perfect T-shirt for anyone under age 35 to wear to a family gathering reads like this: “Before you ask: No, I’m not in college anymore. Yes, I’m still single. Work is fine.”
DaBump Premium Member 9 months ago
You tell ’em, Phoebe! Man, that question used to bug me so much! -——— (sniff)(and now i know why…. )
The Wolf In Your Midst 9 months ago
When an adult asks a child “What are you going to be when you grow up”, what the adult wants to hear is “I’m gonna be just like you”.
Decepticomic 9 months ago
I guess children aren’t the future after all.
prrdh 9 months ago
When Phoebe grows up, she’ll probably be doing a job that doesn’t exist today. When I was six or seven and people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I said, ‘A paleontologist’. (Of course, I had to explain what that was). I ended up being a computer programmer, which was a job title that first appeared a year or two later.
Still, Phoebe should be careful what she asks for. If people ask her “Who are you?”, she’s not going to like the consequences of answering “I’m a good friend of a unicorn”,
willie_mctell 9 months ago
The best thing you can do with kids is treat them as full fledged humans. I made my mind up to do that as soon as I had experience with grownups who didn’t.
Kachr 9 months ago
This one really speaks to me. Lately I’ve gone from answering “I don’t know” to “I’m exploring my options.” Then at least they know I’m trying.
CoBass 9 months ago
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
“Happy.”
CoBass 9 months ago
“Frazz” from 02 Sep 2021 is at least somewhat related to this comic. “I love being told I’m growing up wrong by people I don’t want to turn out like.” https://www.gocomics.Com/frazz/2021/09/02
Aladar30 Premium Member 9 months ago
Phoebe is right. And it’s really sad she’s so right.
Ron Bauerle 9 months ago
OTOH, what you want to be in the future tells me (something) about who you are now…