<p>Hi Cathy, I’m wondering if you don’t want to both help her pursue her dream and encourage a backup too. </p>
<p>As someone who has worked with kids choosing colleges and careers for many years, I have to say I was a much bigger champion of supporting the things kids love but don’t lend themselves to a career paying for a middle class lifestyle early on.</p>
<p>I’ve followed kids for a long time, and I think those who had a backup plan for their art were the happiest in the long run. At 18 they simply don’t know what they don’t know. They don’t know how much life costs, kids cost or what the tradeoffs are. It’s brutally hard out there right now…I’d go for a program that leaves her with options.</p>