Train your children for a profession

I think you're much better off being a well-rounded parent than trying to pass on any foolish profession you've chosen. Engage your kids with mentally stimulating tasks, don't buy them any dumbass iPad or 4K TV or xbox etc., keep them fit and happy with frequent trips outdoors and exercise, make reading and homework fun and engaging, and I think most importantly, keep them very socially engaged with other children being raised similarly to them.

Isn't this what the parents of the target kids do who are dead set on IB/PE/HF from since they were 8?

But seriously, there's a sociological practice in which parents can "guide/gently push" their children into having certain fields of interest by constantly exposing them to related environments. I can't remember the term though.

I'm going to adopt a kenyan and train him from birth to be the greatest distance runner of all time

I cant pretend to know how insanely difficult it must be to raise a kid in the information age, but I know for a fact that if I have kids, they're going to learn English as language 1a and some version of Java/C++/basic programming language as language 1b.

If you show a passion for something in front of your kids, your kids at a young age will usually get excited by it as well because they are learning to copy your emotions about a range of stimuli.

If I could instill three values in my child they would be curiosity, honesty and diligence.

Here's the thing: It makes way more sense to train children with relevant genetics for a profession that's more seriously based on talent, like athletics or music. Because you can develop that talent from a young age, and having a lot of talent in those fields, particularly the former, pays dividends later on. A lot of people would argue that skills in accounting and using finance tools is way more a function of hard work, than any natural affinity. Moreover, the finance field is one where paying your dues is such a huge aspect of the culture, that I don't know what marginal difference it would even make to have everything down at a young age. Only time this would make sense in my opinion is to teach your children coding from a young age.

With the speed that things are evolving today, by the time the trained child enters the workforce, the skillset needed to succeed will likely have evolved. Probably wouldn't even be worth it.

Train kids to do more drugs, p.s. they're harmless

Martin Luther was trained as an attorney from a very young age.

jesus christ dude come on.

I want my kids to be lawyers so one day they can put me in jail and I can look at them and say "I'm glad it was you" and we do the subtle teary eyed bro nod to one another.

OvO

OP reminded me of reasons why I hated IBD when I was in uni. A bunch of douchebags walking around like there’s nothing else to life other than banking and finance.

I had an interest in community service when I was a kid after visiting some developing countries... my dad bought me an easy to read book on micro finance and sustainable investing when I was 13. It sparked my interest in the field. He also would walk me around New York and tell me what all the banks were and what they do when I was 9 - he made it like a story..

I know a family who adopted a kid just to make her be the servant of the house.

Business acumen and personal finance basics are actually a part of several public school curriculums in the South and probably elsewhere across the US. By making subjects traditionally taught in school more easily relatable to career possibilities, kids can arguably increase their motivation towards studying.