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[quote=Anonymous]We're struggling with this with our 8 year old right now also. DC is in a sport and plays in a youth orchestra and claims they love both and for most of the year says they want to continue both, but when it comes to the end of the year evaluation/try out season, they crack under pressure and don't want to go to practice (or practice their instrument at home). I'm torn between pushing them to take it seriously and force them to practice, and feeling like I'm being a helicopter parent and making them do an activity they claim to not want to do (or just do at a surface level without any competitions or evaluations). DH says he was like that as a kid and wishes his parents pushed him more. I worry maybe DC is feeling overextended and if they'll feel like we "forced" them to do activities they didn't really want to do. [/quote]
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