PhotoChildren in Armenia start thinking about their careers at a very young age — around six months or so. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“Parents may orchestrate the future life of their offspring by choosing only those objects that symbolize prestigious and desired professions,” Professor Antonyan said. At one recent ceremony, “the father of the baby asked to place a ladle a bit far from his daughter to save her from a destiny of a housewife,” Professor Antonyan said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe ritual sprinkling is thought to ensure that the child will have healthy, even teeth. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“The divination for the future profession was developed much later in the urbanized and modernized environment of Soviet Armenia and the diaspora,” Professor Antonyan said, “when the future career would determine the baby’s life.”

Source: New York Times March 12, 2017 18:22 UTC