What career direction would you steer your children towards?

My children's career is not mine to choose. What do they enjoy doing? What are they good at doing? I do not see the advantage of pushing them toward a career they would hate and subsequently not spend much time actually doing, when their talents and desires lead them elsewhere.

I would say if the degree is useful college. My son graduated college in May. He got his degree in Operations Management Information Systems (OMIS) He does Operations and Logistics for Sears Corporate in Chicago. The nice thing about his degree is that Logistics is everything these days, and he'll be able to go elsewhere.

I started steering my oldest towards entrepreneurial endeavors by my example outside of the military. He has already sold cookies to raise funds for Haiti, recently washed cars and did door to door sales all before 11 years old. Entrepreneurs are what built this nation's economy, ever since the farming/craftsman days. More people that steer their kids towards this mindset will only empower them, even if they decide to earn a living in the traditional manner.