My oldest daughter is 13. She is going into the 8th grade so I know we have a little bit of time before we really have to make any decisions about anything. I have told her she needs to be thinking about what she would like to do maybe after high school. I would like her to choose some classes in high school that may to apply to what she wants to do in college. She is a honor student and a very smart girl. She came back to me and told me she wants to do musical theatre and dance. She is on the competition dance team at her dance studio. She dreams of working for Disney in some sort.
Needless to say as a parent I am so unsure of her decision. I know that it can change and let me say I hope it does change. I just see her getting into a load of debt with no job to pay for it and in the end working 17 hour days like her father to pay her student loans. I do not want that for my child, but I do not want to dash her dreams either. Has anyone child majored in musical theatre and actually succeeded? I keep telling her that wanting to pursue dance/theatre is great, but she needs a backup plan.
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