Daytripper - I am not sure how old your dd is? Someone suggested 7-8. We have been told repeatedly by multiple sources not to let anyone train our DDs voice before 18, or close to it. Choirs and group singing yes, true vocal training no. She was 5 when people started to stop talking to me and stare over her singing, she stopped singing so much for a few years and has recently started again and I am getting comments again. I am reminding myself no more than a good choir...
Hmmm. This is interesting. I get that puberty changes the vocal instrument and renders it vulnerable to damage from abuse, but the vocal training I took was very "vocal hygiene" focused... proper warm ups were stressed, as well as using your instrument properly (i.e. lifting your palate, relaxing your tongue, dropping your jaw, relaxing your shoulders, etc etc, so that the resonance would be in your body more so than your chords). The main focus of what we were taught was to avoid injury and maintain vocal health. I can't see how this could hurt someone pre-puberty?
Maybe it depends on the type of teacher and the type of lessons. Daytripper you could ask the teacher about vocal hygiene... you know, in a subtle way: "Are there things that DD should avoid when practicing at home so she doesn't hurt her voice?" ...that sort of thing.
