17 Of The Best Responses When Kids Were Asked: 'What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?'

What do you want to be when you grow up? "Retired"People are sharing some of the unexpected (and, in some cases, adorable) responses kids came out with when asked what they wanted to be when they grew up. Forget astronauts, doctors, lawyers and vets, one user asked r/Teachers: “What’s the most random thing you’ve heard a kid say they want to be when they grow up?”They added it should be “something super specific and niche, or a ‘boring’ career that you wouldn’t even expect a kid of that age to know about”.Here are some of the best replies from teachers, parents and babysitters:1. “I used to babysit a 6-year-old. He told me when he grew up, he wanted to be retired.”- puppiesonabus2. “My two most ridiculous were trophy husband and OnlyFans content creator.”- throwaway1_2_0_2_13. “I had a boy who said he wanted to be a good father. He was in third grade.”- Dr_TobiusFunke4. “Guy who bakes the bread at Subway ... I jumped on it and said ‘ooh I love Subway! Why do you want that specific job though?’ And he said ‘because when you walk into Subway that bread smells so good it makes you happy and I want people to feel happy’. I hope that kid has an awesome life.”- GingerGetThePopc0rn5. “A rollercoaster seatbelt buckler.”- dreaming-of-fields6. “My son once told me he wanted to be purple when he grew up. Another time he told me he wanted to be a bird. Honestly? The kid had vision.”- Commercial-Tea-48167. “At my son’s preschool graduation, one little girl’s future profession was mermaid.”- CPA_Lady8. “My kid wanted to be a firetruck. So there’s that.”- ebeth_the_mighty9. “Ronald McDonald”- OlivetheEnvironment10. “My kid said she wanted to be a reverse psychologist.”- YarYu1111. “Birthday cake. Cowboy hat.”- Personal-Point-557212. “One of my students has said that it is their goal in life to become a teacher to replace a teacher at my school so he can retire.”- Stock_End225513. “Underwater ninja.”- muy-feliz14. “One year, one kid in my group wanted to be a chiropractor and another wanted to be a dermatologist. They were seven.”- Artelune15. “I have a preschool student who says she wants to clean up animal poop when she grows up.”- ireallylikeladybugs16. “Kid I babysat for wanted to be ‘a herbivore-a-gist.’ He was about six. When I asked what that was, he told me ‘someone who figures out what seasonings go on all foods.’ So… a chef? No. He hated the cooking part. He wanted to try the food then get to create custom seasonings for it. He once decided to put garlic powder on apple pie.”- TangledUpPuppeteer17. “Nothing beats the time when I worked in fast food as a teenager and a customer told me that when he was a kid he wanted to grow up to be a vitamin.”- -the-ghostRelated...Saying These 2 Words Can Keep Kids Safe Around Pools On Holiday'I'm An Introvert. Is It Bad I Don't Ever Have My Kids' Friends Over?'WTF Is 'Glazing' And Why Do Kids Keep Saying It?

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