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<blockquote data-quote="CDA" data-source="post: 10658" data-attributes="member: 103">My son would actually start them. They would start off slow by him asking where are we riding today, to then asking about racing and he start pinging me about my work. So that would open the floor to me asking about where he sees himself in the near future. I explained that it is something you should know, because you will get asked more than once, especially at a job interview. He would actually thank me for the talk and listening. They key I found is even if they are going off base and thinking they are going to attain all they have now as a kid (trucks, trailers, bikes, boats, etc) right when they hit the work force, you cannot pop their balloon and take that away, but say &quot;that is awesome and as you know we have had some great times as family doing those things, but as you see I put in a lot of work to make these toys appear at the house so we can do that and it took some time to get there.&quot;&nbsp; And explain to not over extend himself in purchasing items and not being able to afford them later.&nbsp;<img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/thumb.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumb:" title="Thumb&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumb:" data-shortname=":thumb:" /> I think it keeps them some what grounded.&nbsp;21 &amp; 23, I pray that when they have kids of their own they will come around, but we will see.&nbsp; The problem is they have made a few choices that they can't take back and can bite them when they become mother's or look for the right person to be their partner.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CDA, post: 10658, member: 103"] My son would actually start them. They would start off slow by him asking where are we riding today, to then asking about racing and he start pinging me about my work. So that would open the floor to me asking about where he sees himself in the near future. I explained that it is something you should know, because you will get asked more than once, especially at a job interview. He would actually thank me for the talk and listening. They key I found is even if they are going off base and thinking they are going to attain all they have now as a kid (trucks, trailers, bikes, boats, etc) right when they hit the work force, you cannot pop their balloon and take that away, but say "that is awesome and as you know we have had some great times as family doing those things, but as you see I put in a lot of work to make these toys appear at the house so we can do that and it took some time to get there." And explain to not over extend himself in purchasing items and not being able to afford them later. :thumb: I think it keeps them some what grounded. 21 & 23, I pray that when they have kids of their own they will come around, but we will see. The problem is they have made a few choices that they can't take back and can bite them when they become mother's or look for the right person to be their partner. [/QUOTE]

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