I had to put this out there to see what others thought or if i am just over reacting.

My 9 year old DD was talking to me last night about what she wants to do when she gets older. She has told me before that she would like to be an animal photographer and i have told her I am happy for her to do what ever she chooses as long as it makes her happy.
Anyway my DD starts crying half way through, she tells me her Nana and Dad have told her its not a good job and she wont make any money doing it. WHat the......... Why would you crush the dreams of a 9 yr old child.
So i calm her down and tell her that perhaps she could do animal photography as a hobby or part time job and doing something else she liked as a job to make money. She was happy with this and said how she liked to help out her friends with problems at school so maybe she would like to be a counsiler.
I said that sounded like a good idea.
Then the topic changed to some grief counsilling she recieved at school around this time last year as my granddad passed away and My DD had always been close to him and my Nana who also passed. She beame quite upset again and it took me along time to calm her down, she wished that they would come back and cried her little heart out.
After a while she stopped we talked and cuddled and she fell asleep exhausted. This morning she said she told her Nan how she hears songs that remind her of her great Nana and Grandad to which her nana replied ah well you just have to rememeber then get on with it and forget.

I am so mad at them
i feel like they just have no idea and need to get their heads out of their butts and have compassion for this child.

DD is a very sensitive child and simple things upset her, several teachers have brought to our attention how sensitive she is to things.

ARghhhhhhhhh