Engineers are not born, they are inspired.  I am an engineer, but did  not grow up taking things apart, then putting them back together; OR helping my dad with fix-it jobs around the house; OR playing with Legos.  What I did grow up with was a natural curiosity for the world and a love for solving puzzles.

I was not born an engineer, I was inspired – by a movie when I was 14.  I had not a trace  of consideration for engineering before seeing that movie.  I had 9 years of school and over 4500 days of living -plenty of opportunities to be inspired – before seeing that movie.

My 6 year old daughter was not born an engineer.  In fact, most people look at her older brother and say he has “engineer” written all over him.  My daughter is the creative one and my son is the analytical one, yet my daughter is inspired by our comments – “you are a very creative paper engineer.”

What are some ways you can inspire the engineer within your child?

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