One thing I have learned now that my daughter is a teen is that the kids need to know that ultimately the parents are deciding what is in their best interests. If young kids decide that, then parents will be in trouble when the kids hit their older years and don't want to do anything (or at least anything in which they do not have innate talent).
I have decreased lesson time and other things, but I want her to know that experience (parents) is an issue also.
Being highly intelligent does not equate adult experiences.
