I was forced to be a child star. It was never my dream or my idea
Wow Will was such a part of my childhood watching Star Trek. Obviously, he didn&#x27;t appear often but he was memorable simply because there were so few people as young as him on the show.<p>Sad to hear this all around. This also brought back memories of me being required to play piano growing up. I hated piano, performing (recitals), playing in general. I was terrrribbleee (still am) and was put up in lessons for 12 years. I fought tooth and nail as I got older and eventually was so bad my parents stopped at 16.<p>Music is a very &quot;asian&quot; or &quot;chinese&quot; thing to put your child through. As well as being good academically. This part of my life was a sore spot, but not even close Will&#x27;s situation.<p>As I have young children of my own today, I&#x27;m faced with these questions. What is a healthy amount of pushing vs too much? I don&#x27;t need my kid to be the best at anything - I just don&#x27;t want them to be lost&#x2F;dead-in-the-water or unable to fend for themselves.