Mom went to a meeting at Alice’s dance studio where the proprietors had parents talk about the wonders of having your child learn to dance. One mother, whose daughter was the top student there until she graduated, talked about how wonderful that was, although it had required the daughter to make some hard choices and give up most other activities (such as soccer) in order to focus on dance. The daughter was seven at the time. Mom wasn’t sure that this would work out quite as well for Alice.