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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS 8 learns an instrument. He’s been playing about a year. He’s always been enthusiastic and sounded good from the start. After moving to a more advanced teacher, I feel like he is flying through his exercises and pieces. The new teacher suggested longer lessons or lessons twice per week.

DS is eager to do it all because he feels 30 minutes of lesson time a week is not enough. He practices close to an hour a day.

The thing is… I do not expect he will major in music or become a professional. He is not even close to being a prodigy and is just a normally skilled musician with perhaps slightly harder work ethic than most.

How far do you think I should let him lean into this, perhaps at the cost of giving up other things (other activities like sports or language, fewer play dates, math and language enrichment/remediation, less down time)? [/quote] It's a great hobby. IMO 
It's important that children be allowed to pursue their passions. It looks good as an EC to any college[/quote]

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