I ended a friendship because my friend was such a stage mom to her daughter, that I honestly don't think the kid knew herself well enough to decide if she liked something or not. The girl was in gymnstics, dance, cheer, ice skating (her main thing), baton twirling, played both violin and flute when had the chance in school, Tae Kwon Do and girl scouts. My friend was the troop leader. She's also a former teacher and couldn't understand why her daughter's grades sucked! Or why she really wasn't very good at any of those one things.
The kid also has Crohn's, and her dad just walked out on the family for another woman. So now my former friend had to pull her daughter out of everything and says the kid is devastated.
Oh, and her son....never got to do anything except his sister's activities. He was also a gymnast and ice skater...which is fine, but I have to wonder if he would have chosen those activities if someone would have had time to drive him to baseball practice.
My daughter is a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do at age 13. She is helping with the classes for the little kids while she is working on her 2nd degree. Fortunately, she likes it, and I'm relieved that she can probably kick some pervert's butt...though I hope she never has the chance to try it out.