Child stuffs veggies up his nose but he insists he ate them. Occupational aptitude: I don know, but I hope there is some sort of future for the child of mine that does this.

Child gets caught sneaking candy out of the house and then tells you he was planning to give it to all the children in the neighborhood that didn have any. Occupational aptitude: Nike Air Foamposite One Spin doctor.

Child gets younger siblings to do what she Nike LeBron 11 wants by speaking with a low growl through Air Jordan 17s clenched teeth. Occupational aptitude: Mother in a shopping mall with misbehaving children.

Child gives his/her all at school, then comes home and leaves a trail of shoes, coat, backpack, books and socks from the front door to the bedroom. Occupational aptitude: Husband, bachelor or working mom.

Child constantly talks over others speaking for them and telling others what they really mean. Air Jordan 14s Occupational aptitude: News commentator, talk show host or mother in law.

Child constantly whines. Occupational aptitude: An actor that plays a disgruntled caveman in television ad for an insurance company.

Children today have more opportunities to become anything they want to be more than at any other time in history. As parents we need to nurture their latent talents. A friend of mine son colored all over her newly painted wall. He might have been the next Picasso. I try to see the artist, engineer, doctor, lawyer, librarian, mother, father or chef in each child.

Who knows what the next generation will become? I ponder that but the sound of breaking glass alerts me to the fact that young Sir Isaac Newton just discovered gravity while Ms. Pavlov conditions our poor Chihuahua Air Jordan 2s with the cookies I was saving for snack time.