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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Such a sad state of things!

if you cannot be a "top performener" then drop that area.  And we wonder why kids have anxiety and mental health issues.  Not everyone can be #1 at everything.  I for one prefer that my kids did what they enjoyed in ES/MS/HS.  From a young age we "required" them to have one artsy/music activity and one active/sporty/physical activity.  They got to pick it, but once selected they had to stick with it for the seasons/session we paid for.  (can't drop soccer halfway thru just cause you no longer want to do it---but you can drop it at the end of soccer season).  
As they got older they developed preferences and we let them focus on what they wanted to do.  Both kids were in HS band, but dropped their lessons by 9th grade.  One did baseball the other was a dancer.  Both were good, but not "tippy top".  Who cares?  They were doing what they loved and learning to work as a team and had friends from their activities.  
But I would never make them drop something because they are not #1---that seems ridiculous

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But this is the reason why so many are now pursuing obscure instruments and sports, origami competitions, and other crap. The claim is that this "makes them interesting". In reality, they couldn't be #1 doing popular stuff so they excelled at weirdness. [/quote]

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