I think that parents looking for ways to justify over-controlling the lives of their children always find a way.
I think that there are risks with forcing a child to do what mom wants because that's what mom wants. They have been discussed ad nauseum recently.
I think that many parents forget that love of music, sports, math, or whatever comes from within and that they cannot force passions onto their children. There is a difference between healthy exposure to something and unhealthy pushing.
I think I should stop replying to these threads, but I feel compelled to do so in the hopes that someone, somewhere, will read ideas that are skeptical of hyper-parenting, and one kid will be spared its toxic effects.
That's all.
