Question: Does your child feel inspired by you? Do they also want to be a scientist?

Dalya Soond answered on 15 Jun 2011:

My son isn’t yet 2 yrs old. He is inspired by the fact that I can do somersaults and is trying very hard to learn to do them himself.

However, I know many scientists who are the children of scientists. My father sells office goods but originally wanted to be a chemist and my mother is an accountant but wanted to be a child psychologist and did some research herself, so they are both inspired by me instead (I hope).