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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Desperate to know what it really is. Especially now that I know there is a panda endocrinologist out there in the world.

Is he obsessed with:

-the Titanic?
-tornados?
-earthquakes?
-space?
-tortoises?
-the American civil war?
-railroads?

These are all obsessions of adults I know who have had them since childhood and leveraged into fascinating lives.

Help! Throw us a (*not dinosaur) bone, please, OP. [/quote]

Ok, it's the panda endocrinologist thing that pushed me over the edge of spilling - he wants to command submarines. I told you it was niche! [/quote]

Aw. Thanks for replying and spilling!

My child has shown an interest in a different service academy, so we have gently encouraged it while making sure she’s realistic about it. Initially she thought the navy was for her because we are near some key stuff on the west coast, but a few ship tours redirected her energy. Turns out she has crippling claustrophobia if she goes below deck! I had to carry her out of a ship.

We are also watching her vision because if she takes after her father, it will change for the worse in the next 2-3 years.

I was going after a specific career but can’t equalize pressure in my ears so that kept me from completing necessary trainings to progress.

So OP, the only bit of advice I would give is to start now with observing what mental or physical barriers there might be to a military career. It would be devastating to get pretty far through the appointment process only to find out that vision, claustrophobia or something else was going to come between DS and a long-held dream.[/quote]

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