<p>Also, thank you all for your input. I was hoping that my impulse to let him quit was not an indicator of my laziness as a parent. And now I know it is, because he doesn’t want to quit anymore and I wish he would. :)</p>
<p>I’d tell him its his decision but he needs to make it asap and stick to it either way. Also no whining afterward.</p>
<p>It’s not a life-or-death thing, or even a college-app thing. It will be good experience for him to learn to make a decision and live with the consequences.</p>
<p>Same in our house. I made her stick out the year because it was for extra-credit and because she only really realized this about 1/3 of the way through. Mornings just were really tough on her (especially for her physically challenging instrument). </p>
<p>I’m glad it went the way it did. She was required to push through for a year which I’m sure was good for her discipline and to learn you need to stick to commitments. And to see it wasn’t just a phase. But after a year the whole family was glad it was done with. It was nso not worht the added stress and she really wasn’t enjoying herself enough. Life is too short, move on to so many other things that are more fun. It IS supposed to be enjoyable!</p>