Would you be proud of your teenage child if they wanted to do a stupid career when they grew up, and would you let them do it?

[MCheetah]

Ex po rn star turned reborn Christian, Brittni De La Mora, says she regretted her past life choices.

If your teen child wanted to do a stupid career growing up, would you encourage such behavior?

... Or would you talk them out of it, so they don't end up wasting their time or ruining their life?

Inspired by @KrakenAttackin 's question.

Yes, I'd be proud of my child if they wanted to be a professional YouTuber or TikToker (their current channel only has 5k subs).

Yes, I'd be proud of my child if they wanted to be a professional gamer, Twitch streamer, or E-sports player.

Yes, I'd be proud of my child if they wanted to be a "social media influencer"/model/vlogger on Instagram and Facebook.

Yes, I'd be proud of my child if they wanted to be a pseudo-sex worker/E-whore on OF or similar sites.

Yes, I'd be proud of my child if they wanted to be a legitimate sex worker, like a po rn star or stripper.

No, I would not be proud of my child if they wanted to do a stupid career but I'd let them go for it anyway.

No, I would not be proud of my child if they wanted to do a stupid career and make them not do it.

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Yes, I'd be proud of my child if they were a successful panhandler, scammer, or con artist.
VOTE H.

[Kiran_Yagami]

No, I would slap the fuck out of them. Back in the day, parents and families had no problem directing their children towards career paths or trades that made sense. It's only the pussies of the modern age who somehow can't convince angsty teenagers not to do stupid shit. Teenagers have always been rebellious. That is nothing new. Parents acting like pansies is what's new.

[HaveNoName]

A career alone or high achievements are not the something that make you proud. What matters more is if they uphold the values of religion and morals and become respecting and respectable humans. If that part is missing, I don't care if they become President of Harvard or the King of the World.

[HaveNoName]

Thank you @mcheetah.

[HaveNoName]

Having said that, I do not agree with the approach of "stay the fuck out of their life; it:s their life". As parents, it is our responsibility to guide them even when they think they are wise. The reason I have a successful career path is because at the beginning, I had all the support and guidance of my dad. It is just the approach of fucked up 1st world society where kids' aim is to forget their parents at 18 and vice versa amd what is more fucked up is that the morons of 1st world think that is something to be proud of.

[lilyanony1]

After working my butt off in dentistry as a debtsl nurse and striving to progress. I spent many years having dentists treat me like trash and other nurses work with them in that pursuit simply because they needed to keep their jobs. Anyways I had crippling levels of anxiety and desperately needed to get out of it. So I returned to university to pursue my art dream.
It broke me as a person again. I didn't make any friends, being a mature student I was singled out. I lost all sense of who I was.
I was juggling so much. Work, caring for my dad, university and a really shitty and abusive relationship.
It was the worst period of my life.
When I left university I was unable to pick up a pencik to draw and nearly a year on ice only just started to sew which is another passion of mine. I've done absolutely nothing wrong, I showed a keen interest in learning and I thought that was a good thing but again I've encountered some really shitty jealous behaviour from my tutor. She's tried to sabotage my return to the class.

Why does this keep happening to me?

She very early on started on the others will be jealous of me, put me in a room with one other person. Or seperated me from the group, shouted at me and embarrassed me in front of the group but when I corrected her she realised that actually she was in the wrong.

My mum has tried to be really positive and has tried to encourage me cautiously.

But I've come to the conclusion that I have to return to dentistry just to put food on the table.
So personally I think as a parent it's important to let your children stand on their own two feet and come to decisions on their own.
Please bare in mind financially my mum never helped me. Because I saved my but off in an attempt to actually make a go of this on my own when I finished university but nothings come from it and in fact I've met con person after con person.

So I need to return to the drawing board.

[Stoner710]

Honestly if I had a daughter I probably would be against her being a sex worker. I wouldn’t disown But I would suggest that she find a different career path I would be proud if she was a Victoria’s Secret model because I did something right I’m an ugly guy and she is hot enough to be a Victoria’s Secret model than I did something right.

if they got a career in fast food unless they are the CEO of McDonald’s I would be disappointed I don’t think fast food is a valid career honestly I don’t think you should be allowed to work fast food if you’re above the age of 22 unless you were actually going to college.

[purplepoppy]

Kids have wanted stupid careers since school was invented. One time they wanted to be footballers or astronauts now its influencers and gamers. Sure a tiny weeny few will make it but most will face reality and get a proper job.

[exitseven]

I really wanted to be an astronaut and even went in the Air Force to become a pilot. It was a good plan and even if I did not get chosen by NASA I still would have been a pilot Too bad I couldn't pass the eye test.

[MCheetah]

When I was a nine years old, I wanted to be an FBI agent. I tried joining the military at 19, but was told I was ten pounds overweight. I tried joining the police force, but I had this asshole of a 'friend' at the time, screw me over in submitting the proper paperwork and tests at the time. The closest I came to that kind of work is executive protection (bodyguarding). So it's not like some of us didn't try to make it happen.

But you're right; reality usually smacks people back down to Earth. I just think in today's age of narcissism and social media, young people aren't used to not getting their way or being told no, like they were when I was young (only 10-15 years ago).

[Aerissa_Jade]

Like I could talk them out of anything, but as long s they are independent and not a barnacle on the butt of society, whatever they do I'd be good with that.

My biggest thing is they need to make money and not mooch off others. We have enough barnacles dragging society down as it is. If they can make money doing some stupid job, so be it. Chances are they won't though.

[MCheetah]

Isn't option D literally a career just mooching off others? As well as stream donations with options A and B, as well? Option D is essentially just "sexy panhandling" on the internet, is it not?

[Aerissa_Jade]

If they can convince someone to give them money... I say its work. No one can just smile and do that and get people to convince them. Salesmanship of sorts... the vast majority of people on OF's never make enough to live off. Something like 96% still need to have another job and its basically a hobby for them.

I only think of it as mooching IF the people giving the money have no choice in the matter, such as taxes that the government then gives away to others. No say in the matter, but if someone willingly does it, it is not mooching.

I bet it takes a lot to get sponsors for those influencers too, something I know nothing about.

[MCheetah]

"No one can just smile and do that and get people to convince them [to give them money]."
Literally most women on the planet can, in 2022.

It doesn't matter if they're not getting rich off of it. It's still free money for doing virtually nothing. A female posting pictures on the internet isn't worth a paycheck, in my opinion, as I've said before. I'm not going to knock women who do it, but I'm also not going to not call them scummy, sleazebags, scammers, and predators, either. At least drug dealers and bootleggers actually SELL people something.

I know we're just going to disagree on the whole mooching and scamming loser men on the internet stuff, but I think you already know how strongly I feel about it and how I see it as no different than any other street hustler/petty criminal "job."

[Aerissa_Jade]

I know mooch distant relatives who literally have five kids with five guys to get child support from five different sources... plus whatever else government assistance they can get.

This is their plan.

One of them even says she doesn't know who the fathers are, to avoid visitation and doesn't get child support but she gets more food stamps and government aid that way. Housing, free food... those are the people I call mooches and barnacles.

As for smiling and getting paid, never worked for me that way. Its all good though, that's why we are good friends, we can agree to disagree.

[MCheetah]

I thinking mooching is just asking people for free money simply because you exist. The people you described, are professional parasites. But yeah, they're even worse.

[Literalbillionaire17]

Yes I would still support them. There are some things I know I wouldn’t agree with at all (this goes for daughter and son) like sex work, settling for a high school job (like working at McDonald’s or something like that bc I don’t want them staying at something like that for life), scamming, etc.


But id still support them bc at the end of the day that’s my kid and I didn’t raise you for 18+ years just to stop speaking to you.


I would hope that they would make a decent decision for themselves on that but if not then 🤷🏽‍♀️ All I can do is support them bc I rather hate what my child does for a living then lose my child all together

[Emiliamazing]

So, for us, we will always be proud of our children. They are a massive challenge, and they do like video games. They are all in the gifted and talented pool at their respective schools. There will be no support for a career involved in pornography or similar sectors. If we feel like they are wasting their brain cells on something, we will try to redirect them with strong reasoning.

[LovingLoverReturned]

Not proud... attempt to talk them out. A true parent would at least try to talk them out or warn them.

Funny no men voted E, makes sense... not sure why a few women think differently

Lady at E seems tall... ?

[MCheetah]

Only two females voted E. Option D is even worse than E though and has the lowest results of all and I know the one OF simp on here who voted D.

And that is just something I got off of Image Search, but Reverse Image Search says her name is Rocky Emerson and that she's 6'3" (@therockyemerson).

[LovingLoverReturned]

😂I bet the one who voted D can't read and comprehend properly

[sunflower00]

They’re their own person and should be allowed to decide what they want to do in life. I’d certainly give them advice, I wouldn’t encourage sex work especially if it was porn (ESPECIALLY derogatory stuff) because I think porn addiction is a huge issue as well as the way it makes people think about sex, but in the end it’s up to them and I’d love them regardless. As long as they were happy, and a good person, I’d be proud of them.

[letuswaltzforthedead]

They're not my kid if they're doing sex work, of any kind. I can stomach if they want to become an "influencer" as long as they're not doing anything stupid. Honestly, I'd probably only be proud if they became a youtuber and were mildly successful at it at least (I'd still make fun of them if they became a youtuber or gamer)

[AviatorTom]

As a parent, you support your child in whatever they do... unless it's illegal. You only need to be proud of them, though, if they do something that you would be proud of.

If your child does something stupid, or takes a job that you would disagree with, you support them, and let them know how you feel. Tough love is often the best love.

[alice55]

No, I would not be proud of my child if they wanted to do a stupid career but I'd let them go for it anyway.
If they re over 18 they re free to do their own choice and anyway you can’t force people not to do something they re human not dog

[JDAC092299]

I wouldn’t be proud but I’d support them and if they failed I’d help them dig themselves outta that dead end and find a new path because we’ve all had failed dreams and I’m pretty sure most of us found a new path to become successful in our own right.

[Fuentes]

I would not care if my daughter tried to be an influencer they make bank but we all have imaginations as kids to be something that never did happen so why would anyone wanna tell a kid no unless they said some really dumb shit like

Pornstar or onlyfans or whatever anything life ruining is out the window hahaha that's a cold hard solid no and all dreams killed on something like that. But for me luckily I don't have a weird baby mom that would condone the bs like that, but if she said she wanna be a influencer idc, if she get big I get paid.

[AddylynnNightingale]

I would be proud if they'd actually be good at it. A twitch streamer for games, then I'd have something extra to watch when I'm away.

[MCheetah]

99.99% of the people who try to do those jobs, aren't good at it, let alone successful (though the two are not mutually exclusive). The few who are, usually got there by luck, timing (being one of the first to do it), or already come from wealth to be their own promotion and marketing hype.

[AddylynnNightingale]

Like I said. If.

[MCheetah]

We all know how important that "if" is!

[Filthy_Immigrant]

I wouldn't be happy. I would try to convince them to do better but if they're knuckles and proceed then its no longer my problem. they better not come back bitching at me

[MCheetah]

They ARE knuckles! LOL!

[Filthy_Immigrant]

knuckleheads*

Otfrl!

[MCheetah]

No, the first one was right all along.

[exitseven]

From the time my kids could talk I told them they had to go to a good college and major in something good (ie. Marketable). They all went to good schools and majored in math and science. They all make more money than I do so it looks like the plan worked.

[hahahmm]

Youtuber or professional gamer I could support depending on the details and what their long term goal is. The rest, nah. I would disown a kid for being a whore.

[BCA6010]

Don't think I'd be "proud" but I also wouldn't take it all that seriously. I changed my career goals probably a dozen times or more between 15 and 22.

[Iron_Man]

If I had A daughter I would put her in sports at a younger age tennis 🎾 to see how far she could go with it. But I will always support my daughter whatever she wants to do but of course good moral stuff

[jamesgoldman]

Wouldn't be proud but I'm not stopping them, lessons are taught by mistakes