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You can make all the plans you want for your child regardless of how they receive their education, but that doesn't mean they are going to go down that path. The market for children who are unschooled is the same as the one for tradtionally schooled. I don't know why they would be different. If an child who is unschooled decides they wish to be a doctor, they learn what is necessary to get them into college and then med. school, just like any other kid. The difference is that during their high school years, they study when and how they want to, not how they are told by a teacher. It doesn't mean they learn any less. If a child who is unschooled wants to be an artist, they practice their art and perhaps enroll in a school that will teach them the skills they need to get better, just like any other child. They simply have more time during their high school and early education years to explore art they way they want. Unschooling doesn't mean they sit around doing nothing and learn nothing; it simply means they learn things in a different way and at a different rate than traditional students. They make choices on their own about what they want to learn and when and generally receive lots of encouragement and help from their parents along the way.
