help daughter with career path

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well, first of all, raising and breeding horses is not something you can just pick up quickly as an adult, with no training or connections or knowledge. Breeding/bloodlines is both an art and a science. It takes years to understand well.

Also, you can't pick up riding as an adult and ever expect to be excellent at it.

I grew up on a horse farm. I have never seen an adult "take up" riding and progress to a competitive, professional level. I have never seen an adult with no experience working with horses (I don't just mean cleaning stalls at someone's stable as a child) ever arrive at a competent professional working knowledge that would enable them to run an equine facility themselves.

So the first step is riding lessons now, with an excellent trainer at a competent commercial stable.

A teen with no long-time training in equestrian sports and the breeding/show world saying she is going to "own a horse ranch" for an adult career is the equivalent of a teen who has had a handful of ballet classes and gone to see Nutcracker every year saying she is going to be a professional prima ballerina someday.

A first step would be riding a horse and competing in equestrian sports. You can also intern with a large animal vet as a teen to see if that kind of work appeals to you. Apply to colleges with an agricultural program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My five year old wanted to be a tiger a few years ago. Now he wants to be a ninja. Not researching ninja colleges at this point.

You are such a selfish parent. You should HONOR your son's dreams. Now he's only going to be able to get into a third tier ninja college, IF that. Way to go. He could have been on the path to becoming an elite ninja, but no, you ruined it.