Pushing college

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    george50
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    Hello. I am a dad of a 17 year old girl. She loves ballet and wants to pursue it as a career but as her father I want her finish her education by going to college. I have told her so and she of course get angry with me. Should I back down and let her try for a career in ballet even though I don’t even really know what that means. Thanks.

    #4668

    fromphilly
    Participant

    Hi George! I am a mom of 2 girls in dance so I understand your worry of being too pushy with what you want. Maybe it would help if you both sit down and talk about why it is you both want the things that you do. Hearing it from her my make you see things differently or the other way around. It’s great she is so passionate about ballet though!

    #7356

    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I went thru a similar situation myself, my parents wanted me to go to college and didn’t take my passion for dance seriously . So what did I do? Went to college to please them and danced in a local company at the same time. The whole time what I really wanted to do was move to New York and dance but I kept on trying to please everyone and continued leading 2 lives until I burned out and sunk into a major depression. Accept her for who she is and what she loves, she only has a limited time to take it as far as she can…. College will always be there, and you know what? I finally got my bachelors degree in business at 28 yrs old and I am still living paycheck to paycheck…now I’m 36 struggling to make ends meet with a “real job” and can’t wait to save up enough money to take an adult ballet class once or twice a week. Just let her figure it all out … As a parent you will never regret supporting her following her dreams

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