You either have the bug or you don't - it can't be forced upon someone.
My lad was very interested up to about age 14, then he developed a passion for music and is now studying music at Uni and wants to become an orchestra conductor.
Whatever our offspring develop a passion for, I think they should be supported because how many of us are lucky enough to be working in a job that we actually really enjoy. I am and I feel very, very fortunate
The opposite is apparent sometimes in our job. We get cadets who have left University, saw the pilot thing offered, either had the money or got the money and now sit in the right hand seat bored or totally uninterested in what they are doing.
What a waste - I blame the HR/PC brigade that do the selection, they may have an ology or score high in tests, but did they ever have their fingers chopped up starting a DC Sabre on a cold and wet field only to watch the control line aeroplane perform a beautiful arc into the ground before smashing to pieces on it's first flight - Eh ?
