[Nahuel]

Originally Posted by henryrobinett

I have dealt with jealousy from both sides of the wall. It exists, and pretending that it doesn't because it is socially unacceptable to talk about it is re . . .

Safe? I don't know where this idea comes from about it not being SAFE. There are thousands of examples of very, very, very young children playing music, and some of it hard music, on all kinds of instruments, and as was said earlier, more difficult that this.

And who in the hell needs to talk to a pediatrician? As if they have all the answers anyway. Hell, one's bound to tell you to never go outside without being bundled up in a mattress like coat.

There's this idea, that I don't hold, that there are experts and I am not one of them, so I have to defer my every move to the said "experts." Well an "expert" might have insisted that there be no Mozart, Beehthoven, Prokofiev, Heifiz, Paco. Hell, Bireli Lagrene was playing concerts doing ridiculously difficult and fast Django music on thick acoustic strings all over Europe about the same age as this girl, maybe younger, and he's STILL playing his ass off. A pediatrician today would probably prescribe ritalin or prosaic for the kid to get rid of this "obsessive/compulsive disorder", for having to play the guitar all the time! That's ludicrous. Pediatricians know nothing about the arts, as a rule.

Some people are bound for greatness and I think some children know it. Greatness often dictates hard work beginning at a very young age. Olympic gymnasts, start YOUNG and go away to camps for extended periods. I don't know anyone who would call that torture. Not easy, true. I don't know that it's bad for athletes to start young. I don't know any other way, if you're going to be in the NBA, or NFL, or the Olympics. If you want to be great, you gotta start young and get your body growing into it.

And most kids know this innately. I panicked about the age of 8, until I found my instrument at 13, because I knew I had blown it. My mom didn't care. She didn't want me to be a musician. But I knew I had to have started at around 6. I don't know HOW I knew this, but I did.

So I'd stop worrying about the little girl. I think she's fine and I don't think her life is tragic. Quite the contrary. Look at all the attention and love she's getting! She's doing something far more valuable than you can imagine and she knows it, I'm sure.

Henry we are talking about different things: I never said jealousy dont exist, I'm saying that you implied that we are jealous for worrying for the consequences of playing guitar like that so young, sorry but it have nothing to do with being jealous.

Now you said you started playing music at 6, that's fine. But she obviousely started younger and trained intensively too.

Now about the fact you didnt knew that practicing too much sports too young is VERY BAD, well do a search about it, I will not explain it in details here but it's a proven fact, again read about it.

And no I never been to any music school.