Working with kids is the only thing I can picture myself doing for the rest of my life. As a camp staff member as well as a future teacher, I truly believe that working with kids is one of the most important and rewarding things you can do. There are a few things that make this kind of job awesome. Here are five reasons to have a job where you work with kids.

1. It can be extremely rewarding.

Working with kids can be very rewarding. Kids often really appreciate what you do for them, even if you do not think it is that big of a deal. Even if they do not show their appreciation, seeing their faces light up when you have affected their lives positively is an awesome feeling. There is no better reward than when you know you have made a difference in a child’s life.

2. You are working with the next generation.

When you work with kids, you may be working with future doctors, teachers, engineers, artists, politicians, or even the next most interesting man in the world. You may even help them to become something great. To bring it back to our first point, it is incredibly rewarding to help shape the minds of our future leaders. Why wouldn’t you want to have a positive influence on the future of our world?

3. You can stay young at heart forever.

If you make a career out of working with kids, you never have to truly grow up. The kids will be constant reminders to have fun, keeping you young at heart. Plus your job will feel more like an awesome adventure rather than work. You may grow old, but the kids will make sure you never fully grow up.

4. Kids think that you are a lot cooler than you actually are.

To the kids that you work with, you are one of the coolest people in the whole world. You may become a role model to them and they will want to be just like you. Just being older than them instantly makes them think much higher of you. The fact that you work with them makes you the most awesome person they have ever met!

5. Kids are just better than adults.

You could go get a job where you have to deal with adults all day. A job where you need to deal with people who will never fully appreciate what you do. However, you could also get a job where you work with kids. A job where your “customers” will be grateful that you are there for them. Kids are just so much better to work with than adults are.

Whether you are a teacher, camp counselor, babysitter or anything else, working with kids is the best job in the whole world!