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Given that kids pick things up a lot more quickly than most of us, it's not surprising that you could have someone very young who, after a lot of practice and hard work, is very very talented. My kid brother was pretty good on the piano at a very young age.

However, I pity the talented child protige who has a pushy parent or two behind them. Doesn't matter how good you are if you're not enjoying it. There's been several times when I've seen kids down at the climbing wall who are fantastic rock climbers, but they've got some parent literally pushing them onto the wall whilst they're saying 'no, I don't want to.' Those kids are going to be top-notch climbers by the time they hit secondary school, but is it really worth it?