[TruthConquers]

Thank you so much for your advice. It is better to let them, as dancers, come to their own conclusion about their future. That does seem to be the best way to go. She has been dancing since she was 3 1/2 yrs old, and started conservatory school when she was seven. She will have a lot of personnal time and sweat invested into her dream.

Thank you again for your input.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Make sure to help her understand that the effort she's put into ballet won't have been wasted if she doesn't make a career of it. I'm a successful banker, but I certainly don't regard my years in ballet as wasted. I'm still reaping the physical benefits (at 44), and I certainly think I got a lot more out of all those hours at the ballet studio than I would have gotten hanging out at the mall or practicing/playing on some school sports team.