. The thread is getting long, and I kind of feel like some people aren't reading posts carefully, and then inflame the discussion by making incorrect assumptions about what's been said. If I've inflamed it, I apologize.
Again, my point in this thread has been that:
* If a child is consistently unhappy in an extracurricular activity, and
* Participating wasn't his idea
the child is being forced/pushed into something, and it may do more harm than good.
Val
I was thinking the same thing. There's starting to be so many themes entwined here. I was trying to sort out the main one's.
Child-led Pro's vs. Cons. & other options
Scheduling Decisions/time management/choice
Arts-core curriculum or Extra-cirricular?
Encouragement/pushing, pro's & con's and the line.
Oh yeah, of course methods of piano instruction
Then I realized the conversation's happening here, now. Live. I told myself "quit trying to organize other people's comments into categories". LoL at talking to myself.
Yup. This is getting to be quite a long thread. Um-huh.
