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A new study by the UK’s leading discount and voucher code website has revealed to top 10 things children under the age of ten want to be when they are older. A career as a Veterinarian topped to poll with 68%, followed by a Police Officer and a Pop Singer.

In light of previous research that revealed 63% of parents want their children to work as Doctors in their future, the UK’s leading discount website carried out research, http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, of 1, 186 parents across the UK to discover what their children want to be when they ‘grow up’.

The poll by http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk found that becoming a vet is an ambition for 68% of the parents’ children, whilst other popular career choices for the children included being in the police force and becoming a famous singer.

According to the results by http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, the top 10 professions that children want to go into when they are older, based on the multi-answer question ‘Which of the following careers has your child told you they want to have?’ are;

1.       Vet – 68%

2.       Police Officer – 51%

3.       Pop singer – 48%

4.       Football Player – 47%

5.       Princess – 43%

6.       Sweet Shop Owner – 39%

7.       Brain Surgeon – 36%

8.       Fire Fighter – 33%

9.       Artist – 28%

10.   Race Car Driver – 25%

All respondents to the poll had children under the age of 10 and the majority, 58%, claimed their child frequently changes their mind about their dream profession.

Parents were also given the option to specify any other things that their children want to be when they grow up. Of those who selected ‘other’, one respondent claimed her child had stated s/he wanted to be ‘a giraffe’ when they grew up.

The poll by http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk found that just missing out on the top ten, 24% of parents said their child wanted to be ‘a superhero’ when they got older.

Andy Cole, parenting expert at http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk, has said the following about the findings;

“The things that children come up with are hilarious; the fact that a high number wanted to grow up to be princesses is very amusing.  It’s good to see that even at a young age, some children have ambitions to become brain surgeons and fire fighters; both very respectable careers.”

He continued,

“If your little ones love to play dress up to pretend to be princesses, fire fighters and football players, site such as MyVoucherCodes.co.uk have a vast amount of discounts for children’s toys and fancy dress. We know how expensive it can be to keep up with our children’s phases, but discount sites really do make a huge different when it comes to the expense of treating the kids.”

LINK http://www.MyVoucherCodes.co.uk

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For more information, please contact Charlotte Horsfall, 10 Yetis Public Relations Agency on 01452 348 211, charlotte@10yetis.co.uk

EDITORS NOTES

Mark Pearson, MD of MyVoucherCodes is a regular media contributor regarding online shopping and the credit crunch. At 29, his personal worth is more than £30 million. Mark was previously a trainee chef working for Gordon Ramsay at Claridges, London.

MyVoucherCodes has had sales exceeding £481m in the last year

Consumer savings on online shopping via MyVoucherCodes.co.uk up from £28m in 2008 to £52m in 2009.

MyVoucherCodes is the UK’s most popular discount site