My eleven-year-old daughter wants to quit piano after five years of lessons because she says she never wanted to play in the first place and now I don't know if I should make her finish what we started.
More people experience this than they realize.
A parent must distinguish between teaching persistence and respecting their child's emerging sense of personal autonomy and preference.
“Where Are You with Authoritative vs. authoritarian parenting?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.