When I was 11, my passion was flight, and I wanted to become an aerospace engineer. When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a novelist. Three years later, I launched an IT career. So basically, my interests at age 11 weren't predictive.

Who is to say that math is the only time your DD uses her brain?

I say, for the kids who is good at everything, keep pushing at everything. Even if it's not the thing she ends up choosing as a career, there's no such thing as wasted knowledge.