Agree generally, but care needs to be taken to look at whether the desired career will allow the kid to become self-supporting. Some careers, like sports and arts, tend to be elite-or-bust, so someone who is good but not elite may have difficulty making a career out of them. Many of those whose passion is in sports or arts do something else for a career, with sports or arts as an “extracurricular”. Medicine (as a physician) is another career direction where only the elite (as opposed to the merely good) can pass through the entrance gates of medical school admission, so anyone desiring such a career needs to figure out backup plans in case s/he is not elite enough.