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[quote=Anonymous]My 10 yr old doesn’t need pushing so far (we’ll see about her younger sister). She wanted to play a sport and do an instrument, so we supported that, but would have been fine with her interests falling elsewhere too.

She started soccer last year and got moved up a level mostly on commitment / passion (ie skills weren’t 100% there). She has made huge progress this season and looks so happy when she’s playing. At the same time this comes at the cost of other interests (such as singing) and is a big commitment already for us.  There’s a child who was on her team last year whose mom is upset our child moved up. They’re still at practices at the same time and the mom really pushes the child (borders on yelling) at pickup time. It seems the child really doesn’t want to be there. Needless to say, compared to my daughter who practices every chance she gets, just isn’t going to make progress. If she were sitting in her room all the time (there’s plenty of that too) I might push more, but I’d rather see who she is and lean in to her natural interests. [/quote]

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