seat1Aplease,
If you or I were to have been advised early on in our formative years as to which professions were most sensible, it isn't likely that an association with "flying machines" would not have been at the top of most people's list. However, we chose to ignore any and all advice and firmly put out heads in the clouds. To this day I have never regreted the choice I made. In fact, when I walk down the street, I feel a couple of inches taller than everyone else because of the great people I have met in aviation and the unbelievably fantastic experiences I have had. And, generally speaking, my (our) fellow airmen feel the same way as do others associated with aviation. Why not point the kid in the direction we went and let him experience the things and events that only aviation can give.