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How to honor sacrifice without forcing your child to carry your parents' dreams

My teenage son wants to quit violin after eight years because he says it feels like torture but my parents sacrificed everything to give me music lessons and I cannot bear to let him waste this gift.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The weight of intergenerational sacrifice can transform a parent's gratitude into a child's burden.

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