I'm just not into competitions. To me, life isn't about being better than someone else or everyone else. I also want DD to learn something for the love of it and not make it about winning.
However, my DD4.5 just happens to be naturally super competitive. I told her piano teacher that we can't enter her into any competitions since DD'd be steaming mad if she doesn't win. We had a good chuckle over it since we both knew it's true.
We have a new string teacher and she wants us to commit to entering DD into next year's competition. We told her that we don't feel DD if developmentally ready.
We're not crazy stage parents. SO is taking this a bit more seriously than I am since he truly believes in her talent but he doesn't think music education should involve competition either.
When DD is a bit older and chooses to enter competitions, I don't think we'd prohibit her from entering them but how young is too young to enter competitions be it be music, chess, math, or sport?
