So Many Acting B.A.'s, So Few Paying Gigs

monydad
Wed, 07 Dec 2005 21:18:37 +0000

“I am always amazed at how many parents encourage their kids to do music, dance and other artsy activities. Then they get worried when their kids want to continue and develop those skills”

Then it would appear you are rather easy to amaze.

I supported my boy when he wanted to play little league baseball too. That doesn’t mean I really expected him to come back and tell me he was going to devote his whole life to trying out and playing for the Yankees.

All that those people who so amaze you had in mind was that they were just providing another extracurricular activity for their kid. Something else to do. Another outlet. A hobby; one of many. Not an obsession.

Amazing, huh?

Bu what would you suggest then- we should deprive them of all extracurricular activities in the off-chance that they might develop an unusually high affinity for one of them?

Developing skills in a hobby is one thing. Planning on devoting your entire professional life to it is another thing altogether.