The rise of Rayssa

Ofc that needs heavy parent involvement.

And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. As someone who had a natural talent for music growing up, but who was basically left to explore it on his own (but encouraged to do so), I wish my parents had have instilled a little bit of discipline and got me to work hard at my talent. Because I was left to teach myself on all the instruments that I play, and everytime I picked one up I just wanted to have fun and write music, not learn scales or improve technically. Now I'm not a tenth of the musician I could have been if I'd put in some practice earlier. And I regret not doing it. At that age, I wasn't really capable of thinking about the connection between short-term sacrifice and long-term gain. Because I was a kid whose brain hadn't yet developed enough to appreciate it.

There's nothing wrong with parents giving some structure and discipline to a child's interest or hobby, as long as the initial (and ongoing) interest is the child's, not the parents'. It's only when that's not balanced and measured within the broader picture of the child's life and development that it becomes a problem.

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