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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you cannot "get [your] child interested in science major". There are things you can do, including compelling her to get one by refusing to provide any financial support for college if she doesn't, but you can't change what's happening in her brain. I also would be less concerned about what a HS junior insists is her life passion, less convinced that a STEM major is the path to stability, and more interested in ensuring that my DD has the tools to make well-informed life decisions.

This is what she's interested in right now, so use it as a teaching moment. Teach her how to evaluate what it will take to be successful at her dreams. Have her shadow someone at a dance studio or work for a caterer or restaurant over the summer. Talk to her about what it takes to run a small business...or better yet, have her do some web research on it. Maybe she'll decide immediately that the difficulties of this career path are not for her, or maybe she'll continue to pursue it with open eyes and a determination to best prepare herself for what this career will take. If she does the latter, I promise you the skills she learns will serve her well and ultimately help her be self-sufficient in whatever she ends up deciding to do. But the biggest disservice you can do to an adolescent is simply tell them they are wrong or dismiss their chioces. She will defy you, and she will very likely go about these dreams in a way that doesn't make sense.

-- Person who has a STEM PhD but whose parents, both MDs, told her she would never be able to earn much money or even marry a good provider (wut?) because she would only meet college professor. Every parent tries to make their kids in their mold, and the more they try the more they will fail.[/quote]

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