Right for who?

I recently had a mother tell me they were worried that their child spent too much time playing music. Too much time on one instrument or another, and that this was getting in the way of their schoolwork.

I’d be more worried if they didn’t have any other way of spending the time.

The chid already knows at least one thing they want to, that is a big challenge for a lot of people. Sure it might not be easy at first to make a living out of it, what I guess is the main concern, but they have their whole life to figure something out. And if they are so obsessed, one way or another, they will.

Parents don’t make decisions for their children. Children make decisions for children. That’s the only way to have a chance at true satisfaction.