When I had my three children...I was in the process of coming up with an addition for our current home.

That being said, my ex-husband and I hired an architect and waited for his design...well...it didn't work for our needs.

So, with design and art training in my past...I decided that I would try and put our need's to paper.

Graph paper on the dining room table and the oldest two coloring with me...I set out to design what we thought we needed.

My son...loved to draw, my oldest daughter was all about the business (my future store)...they were very young...only 2 and 3...believe it or not.

I finally was satisfied with the design, we hired a contractor and off we went...we lived in two bedroom's a bath and half of a kitchen for 7 month's...at this time I was pregnant with the third...

Learned to golf...(had to get out of the house on occasion)...

All the previous being said without the horrid details...the house ended up exactly how we wanted it...

Back to the title...

My son, who started out majoring in Engineering...ended up, like me with an interest in Physic's.  My oldest daughter ended up majoring in Business and Languages, my youngest is an Accountant...(must have been listening to the ex and I talking about finances. They've all graduated :-) and the youngest is in graduate school.

Both my ex and I worked in the medical field...The ex still does, I decided I loved Real Estate and have retired from my medical profession to passionately persue my love of Real Estate.  The ex is still in medicine.

My son, sell's Real Estate and has a Development company, my oldest daughter is working for a company that sell's building supplies, and the youngest...yep, she's working on her MBA and CPA...

Does what you spend you time doing, all the while including you children when you stay at home and involve them in every day issues influence them?

I ask because, both of us had long term career's in the Medical field, however, while I stayed home and had a "Country Store", and did design, they were involved as well.  How you say, they drew pictures, they watched me do balance sheets, they helped me in the store.

Do you think that the career you are in influences the career's of your children? If so how and why, please share!  Please share.