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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are good reasons to do decently well in high school. While many types of musicians don't need advanced training/college, it's generally way easier to adult if you have decent reading comprehension/writing skills and math skills. He'll still need to be able to understand contracts he's signing/commitments he's making, budgeting, etc. Not that high school often does a good job of teaching those skills, but better than not making it through. Doing decently well in high school also keeps his options open so he can go to college after high school if that's a path that he ends up needing or wanting, whether right away or after a few years of pursuing a musical career. Unlike what many on DCUM think, that doesn't have to be a top tier school, but it would be good to have a strong enough foundation so he could be successful at a branch state school or community college and then transfer.

I view a decent performance in high school as a minimum and that should be doable even with a large focus on music. After that, I think there's a lot of reason to let a kid pursue their interests. If you're doing it right now, you're helping the kid understand that there are tradeoffs in life and how to keep his lifestyle in line with his income. Maybe he is successful immediately in which case, great! Save for the future and go you. Or maybe he's like most and it takes a while/never happens in which case he needs a plan for his day/night job to pay the bills and lifestyle expectations that fit his income. [/quote]

I think this is reasonable.

My daughter is young, but loves singing, acting, painting … anything to do with the arts.

She’s told us she wants to be an artist. If that sticks, we’ll make sure she finishes high school and if she wants to go into visual arts, an MFA might help. Otherwise, we’ll make sure she understands that she almost certainly won’t make a lot of money, but that we will always be supportive of her.

I would never, ever quash my kid’s dreams. [/quote]

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