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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a lot like her, and I was frustrated by it. What took me a loooong time to realize is that almost no one is really really good at anything without a ton of practice. I didn’t have a passion for any one thing, and so I didn’t intensely practice one thing. So I was decent at a broad array of things. Still am. But in 9th grade I found my thing - rowing - and rowed through high school and college. And I was a good tower, but never the best. But it didn’t matter - what mattered was I loved it, and I tried every day to be the best.

Your daughter will come to understand that being pretty darn good at most things is a spectacular gift that opens just about any door. If she want to get really good at one thing she is going to have to throw herself into it with passion - and she still may not be the best! But she’ll feel less at sea.[/quote]

This. Why does she know a few instruments? The way you get good is to take one instrument and practice it a lot. A minimum of one hour a day.[/quote]

See what's funny when I read this post is that I think, cool tell her to keep just playing a little of all of them, when she gets a little older she can form a band and be able to play a lot of parts as needed! [/quote]
DP. Trouble is, if you want to form a band that would sound even somewhat decent, you'll need musicians who are good at their respective instrument! Specialization is required.
That said, I also call BS on the entire 'everyone needs a passion' thing. Everyone needs to make a living and be a decent person,but not everyone should wake up every day and reach for her flute/ballet tutu/baseball bat right away. It's great if you do, but not lethal if you don't. [/quote]

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