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When your child rejects the musical path you chose for them

My daughter quit piano after eight years right before her senior recital and I spent thousands on lessons and now she says she never wanted to play and only did it for me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The collision between parental investment and a child's autonomous choice reveals the difference between supporting and imposing dreams.

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