How do you know if your child is good enough?

TheRealKEVP
Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:13:00 +0000

I agree with a lot of what other people are saying here.

But additionally, I don’t really believe that “good enough” is ever any sort of absolute measure. I think just about anyone can BECOME good enough if they work hard at it. Which is why “persistence” is one of the traits that we list for someone who hopes to be succesful as a performing artist.

If somebody is going to auditions persistently and not getting offers, they need to do something to improve their acting, singing and/or dancing skills.

Also remember that today in the 21st century careers are very different from what they were like 100 years ago. Today, it is more normal to have many different careers over the course of one person’s work life. It would be very strange nowadays to start a career after college and stick with the same career until retirement. And if people find that they have made a mistake and are in the wrong career, it is now culturally acceptable to switch to another career, maybe even getting new training or education. There is no requirement, for example, for someone to choose the same major in grad school that they chose as an undergrad. You can go and get an undergraduate degree, pursue a career for a while, then go and get a graduate degree in a totally different field and start a completely different career.

KEVP