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Are my parents going to flip out?
I think I want to be a storm chaser, but are my parents going to flip out when I tell them. I know it's my decision, but I don't want to cause them a lot of stress and anxiety. I want to help protect people from bad weather, particularly tornadoes as much as possible. I think I'd be good at it. How would you feel if your kid told you that they wanted to be a storm chaser?
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Alright , so I have to tell you that its your dream and if you feel like its the right career choice for you then go ahead and shoot for your dreams alright ! And your parents should be supportive of your dreams . And at the end of the day if you feel happy when you go to work and feel like its not just a job its what makes you smile then go ahead and shoot for the stars !!!
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Kimmie
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There are many professions out there just as dangerous or more so than what you want to do. If you are properly trained for what you wish to do in life you can limit the danger. Proper training is the key to success in any profession regardless of its danger.
What you want to do is honorable work. As long as I was confident that you were well trained and capable of doing the work. I would be concerned but I would be supportive of you.
My son came to me while he was in high school and told me he wanted to join the Army. This was before the first Gulf war. I met with his recruiter and told him of my concerns. The recruiter told me that the Army had the same concerns and that Recruiters ran a junior boot type camp for future inductees, mainly high school students, to see if they were up to the challenge and really wanted the Army. My son entered the program and excelled. His recruiters told me he was dedicated and had the right stuff to be in the Army and they wanted him. I signed for him to enter at age 17 and he went to Boot Camp while still in High School over summer break.
He was an Army Reservist when he finished high school he finished his training and came home. He then said he wanted to become a Police officer. His military training was as an EOD specialist. MY friends were beginning to believe with his choices he had a death wish. One neighbor could not stand the thought of him becoming a police officer and got him involved in firefighting. Today he is a firefighter/paramedic just a bit safer profession then being a police officer.
I am very proud of the choices he has made and what he has become. My wife and I are very supportive of him. There are many people today alive because he was the paramedic who responded to their call for help, especially a young child, because of his advance training in pediatric care. His part-time job is in a pediatric Emergency room.
Will your parents be scared for you? I'm sure they will. If they are the loving caring parents who have raised someone who wants to help protect people. I believe that like me once they are sure this is what you want and will be happy doing and that you have the training to do so safely they will be supportive of you.
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While I do not have any children, I do have a younger brother who can be quite adventurous. He enjoys linking like rock climbing and white water rafting. And I know my parents worry about him a bit when he goes on such trips. That being the case, I can only assume that I would feel a similar way if a child of mine wanted to get into something fairly risky.
That being said, it is in the nature of a loving parent to worry about their children, regardless of what path they may pursue in life. Even if it's something completely safe by most people's standards,like when a child moves away to attend college, or takes on a new job with a start-up company that may or may not make it.
I do believe you should be commended on your reasoning for wanting to do this too. Anyone who wants to commit themselves to helping others is a truly good hearted person. I assume you have probably been like this much of your life and your parents know that it's in your nature to help others. That being the case, perhaps you might want to approach the subject to them with that as your focus and reason.
Ultimately, if this is your passion, I think you should go for it. But at the same time, do your part to be as safe as you can to help minimize the stress and worry of your parents.
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I do not know your parents. There is such a big range of ways a parent can act in that situation and behind it all is a concern for the well being of a loved one. If a kid told me they were choosing to go into a job or even a hobby that was dangerous, I would worry about them, but I happen to understand that it is their choice and there's nothing I can do about it. A parent can be scared for a child who's even taken up sky diving or bungee jumping for example. Anything that might result in the death of ones child is going to grieve a parent. Your choice of profession may cause them stress and anxiety because they can be dangerous, like fighting in a war, being a police officer. Some jobs have greater risks with them than others. yET we all take risks when we drive a car every day. More people die in car accidents than dying from storm chasing. So all you can do to reassure them is remind them of the probably of your dying in a car accident is way higher than storm chasing. It's not the riskiness but the odds of things going wrong and as i said, the odds are greater in a car on the road. Now, obviously I haven't died in a car accident but I have been hit twice and avoided major accidents by just inches on at least a dozen occasions. Yes, the odds in a car are much greater at being injured or dying.
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