What the hell is it with some families? Or, from my experience, most families. At least families so unlucky as to have ambitious, creative children with big dreams and a ton of potential
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I was lucky - I had a cowboy dad and a nurse mom who both encouraged me to be an artist. Even as an older teen they would drive me to places to show my work. Paid for supplies when they could afford it and praise my efforts. You could see the bewilderment and pride fighting for equal time on their faces but they tried. It probably helped that my mom came from a long line of singers and musicians and as a child was a voice radio actor (under 9) for a pretty big Christian program. But I could tell that THEIR dream was for me to just be normal. Find a nice man, settle down, but they didn't try to talk me out of it. Now I've got an artist daughter, who's also a photog, voice actor, singer and musician. http://girlwithoneq.deviantart.com/gallery/ She's uber talented but her dream? She's wants to be a Translator. Learn a lot of languages, see the world. She says that doing what she loves for a living would take all the joy out of it, and she wants to keep it for a hobby. Parents who try to steer their children into a dream that's more 'normal' kill the scientists, artists and people that make the world a better place. It may be confusing for us the parent. But what makes your child the happiest, is BEST FOR THEM. (and for us, because you child is happy?! duh)
Now I've got an artist daughter, who's also a photog, voice actor, singer and musician. http://girlwithoneq.deviantart.com/gallery/ She's uber talented but her dream? She's wants to be a Translator. Learn a lot of languages, see the world. She says that doing what she loves for a living would take all the joy out of it, and she wants to keep it for a hobby.
Parents who try to steer their children into a dream that's more 'normal' kill the scientists, artists and people that make the world a better place. It may be confusing for us the parent. But what makes your child the happiest, is BEST FOR THEM. (and for us, because you child is happy?! duh)
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