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[quote=Anonymous]It all depends what you mean by "thing" and it also depends on how long you kept her in "things" that she said she didn't like. My kids started in martial arts early, the younger siblings followed their older one. Did everyone make it their "thing" - no, but I didn't let them quit just because they didn't like some aspect of it... we waited some time to see if it was a temporary dislike or not. As the kids got older they got into team sports, the older one wasn't overly into it, but did it anyway... the younger one wanted to do it, but once she got involved almost immediately "hated" it and wanted to quit to do anything else. We had a discussion about commitment and reason for not liking the sport, a few months later the part she hated became one thing she loved the most... she did a complete 180 and really enjoys the sport now. The older one grew to enjoy the sport too and is becoming quite passionate about it. This is just one point reference - my kids were fairly lukewarm about their activities, but I didn't immediately remove them, I gave them time to grow into them and it worked out. Other kids could be different, but I think some of these constant changes are because of the parents. [/quote]

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