When 'forcing' us kids to do stuff, my mom always used to tell the story of my grandmother, offering my mom 'do you want to go to summer camp?' Year after year until my mom finally went and said to my grandmother:
My mom, as a teen:"Why didn't you force me to go to summer camp? It was so great! I can't believe I missed all those summers of fun!"
Grandmother: "But dear, I told you what I thought, you are the one who decided not to go all those years."
My mom: "I'm a kid, what am I supposed to know!!?! You are the adult. You are supposed to know better!"
In other words - you can look forward to 'being blamed' for what you do and for what you don't do, so you may as well follow your heart.
Not that I'm saying 'always force a kid' - I just want to remind you that applying pressure, sometimes considerable pressure is sometimes part of the job.
smiles,
Grinity
