[ramonesfreak]

encouragement is great
paying is great
dealing with the drama is difficult

pushing is not so great

i was 21 when i entered, and 25 when i graduated. one of the youngest in my class.
sometimes, well often, i think that if i wasn't pushed so hard by someone concerned for my future, that i would actually be doing what i love now.

parents sometimes forget that we kids are the ones that will be living with this choice day in and day out, long after you are gone.

its a good sign that she has expressed a desire to do this for a few years already. i had no such desire.

Im like DARISC above, only, i continued on with the swiming up stream. i was/am an artist, felt totally unprepared by college and because of youth or ingnorance, did not know what else to do....AND was continunally told that you can "do anything with a law degree".

hahaha, I realized as soon as those student loans came do, that I couldnt simply do "anything"

When it comes to pushing...I would advise you to try to sit back and watch this all happen passively. If your daughter is like me, and should find herself unhappy or just not fitting in with law school, she may stay in it just because she doesnt want to let YOU down. This is not good. trust me. working as a lawyer is very difficult in its own unique way and trying to do it while being miserble or regretful is really unhealthy.