I don't necessarily feel bad for them. I think when people have no real talent in life they don't understand what it is like for someone who does. I, just to clarify have no real talent in life. :floorlaugh: I'm not making snide comments about anyone here.
But I don't feel sorry for a person who passes on a talent to a kid. I was just reading the other day that Hugh Laurie's father was an Olympic gold medalist in rowing, and Hugh Laurie also took up rowing when he went to Cambridge. There's a difference between someone who "played an instrument in high school" or "Played soccer in junior high school" and someone who takes it on in a serious way.
And again, she was 6. Most parents DO put their kids in activities that the parent chooses when the kid is that age. They also see if the kid is interested in it. Everyone's acting like Jonbenet was begging her mom to get out of it. But she apparently had fun doing it. So what's the problem?
In my personal opinion I hate pageants and dance recitals etc where girls are forced into these costumes. But as I said before, I have two friends who are professional dancers who have raised their kids in dance.
It's just common sense to me that when someone has excelled in something they pass it on to their kids because it's part of their life and not just an activity for FUN the way it would be for a regular person.
Come to think of it, my husband was a professional drummer for years, and now he's got my son in Piano. What a jerk right? How dare he push this on his kid. LOL :drumroll: