I agree that the whole performance based job is difficult and will be tons of work. I am telling my D that if she feels she will have regrets if she doesn’t go for it , then go for it. I will help her as much as I can but internal motivation must be from the child. There’s so much the kids don’t understand at their age and that’s just the way it is. College is SO much $$ but they will have a degree at the end and it can be used for other pursuits if they decide it isn’t working out or they retire from it early lol. I fret over it too as we all do/have but some of these kids are going to do great things on stage or behind the scenes I know it…who knows which ones. They are all a part of a special community which is theatre and that’s awesome.