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The life lesson here is bigger than what a child enjoys doing. It's about not quitting every time something gets hard or it's not fun. By not quitting, a child is faced with problem solving instead. It teaches them how to deal with challenges, setbacks, and failures.  Finishing the year is age-appropriate for a 9 year old.  It's not like forcing her to stick with it now until high school. And if she were younger, quitting now may be ok.  But she can handle, with parental support, finishing the year. And it will help develop the self confidence and resilience she needs to get through bigger problems that she will eventually face. [/quote]

The life lesson here is:

1. my parents will force me to do unnecessary stuff that I hate doing, on principle.
2. therefore I will no longer do stuff, in case I hate it but they force me to keep on doing it.
3. my parents think that their principles are more important than my feelings.

Well, if OP this is where OP wants to draw the line, then ok, but I, personally, would save it for something that actually matters. Learning to play the trombone does not actually matter. Nobody has to learn to play the trombone. And it's not like this will be the OP's child's only opportunity to learn to deal with challenges, setbacks, and failures.[/quote]

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