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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This child is in 8th grade.  I think its fine for OP to give him outlets for this interest but it is bonkers to start planning his life around it -- picking a college, suggesting internships, local discussion groups.  To me this all would seem like parents getting reflected glory from their kid's "precocious" interest, but doesn't serve him any.  Yes, books, exhibits at the building museum, that sort of thing.  But stop planning his future around this.  He's a kid and will most likely change his mind.  If he doesn't, he can direct his training himself, when its time to start looking at colleges.

OP, you have got to be careful about latching on to this.  It is completely nuts to be thinking about portfolios for an 8th grader.  Its his life, let him live it in the order in which its supposed to proceed.  Let him be a kid who pursues interests on hi own without saddling him with your idea of what he should be doing.  And try not to think of him as your brilliant little architect.[/quote]

I agree. When my daughter was in 8th grade, she wanted to be an architect, too. Then she wanted to own a bakery, then she wanted to be a chemist, and now (10th grade) she wants to go into the foreign service. And she'll probably change her mind several more times.

Books and other enrichment are great, but relax about college and don't push things. Maybe he will go on to be an architect a decade from now, but maybe he won't, and that's fine, too.[/quote]

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