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rest assured that I'm not from the pushy parent school. Being raised by a perfectionist school teacher mom, I have serious issues with the "p" word (potential). This extra work isn't because he isn't living up to his "potential", but rather because his lit circle notebook was absolute crap. As in illegible half sentences and totally undone work. Legion, he's had plenty of "failure" over the past few years. One problem is that he is totally charming (so much for genetics), and all his teachers love him so they cut him an incredible amount of slack. That is good and bad...
I don't push him into team sports at all (he tried t-ball and softball and didn't like them), but he is being "forced" to take piano lessons but that is typical. He actually has a very mellow teacher, is learning different styles and is already writing his own music. He loves it, but loves to complain. I seem to recall that same sentiment...
So the title is mostly rhetorical. I really don't care what he does when he grows up as long as he's happy and is creating. He's likely not going to be content to be a 9-5'er, and my joke has always been that he'll be a great politician or master criminal (like there is any difference). If he wants to postpone college and go on the road with a band, I'll be all for it as long as he's got his sht together. The only dad influence will be that the time to take risks is when you're young with no responsibilities. So pick something you love and chase it.
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