Career choices

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Your high school-aged child has a junior year interview with her guidance counselor (pretend it's a male child if you want, whatev) to talk about her future plans. Your child has good grades and a potentially bright future ahead of her, and could easily be accepted to most public universities. She tells her counselor she has no desire to go to college. Thinking her disillusioned of how important a degree is for many jobs, the counselor asks what careers she's like to pursue. Your child says her goal is to be a mother. The counselor strongly suggests your child reconsider because becoming a SAHM is "not a real career goal."

Do you agree with the guidance counselor? Is becoming a mother (or father) a reasonable "career goal?" Would you suggest she have a back-up plan or be more accepting if she already had one, even if it didn't include college?

(Inspired by a friend of mine in high school whose junior year review was pretty much this.)