I used to work with someone who knows this family through their children, and if I'm not mistaken, the mother gave one of her daughters breast implants for her 17th birthday!!!!
I don't agree with either this or pushing your children into something so much that they have no idea why they are doing it. I do however agree with Gayle in the fact that some kids need more pushing than others, I'll use myself as case in point, my parents always gave me every opportunity to try new activities, especially sports and music, over the years I've tried playing tennis, netball, football, basketball, cricket and karate amongst others, while I have also learnt how to play various instruments including guitar keyboards, bass, drums and mandolin!!!! Out of all these I'm only probably above average at one, football goalkeeping, although I hold qualifications in music and was a gigging musician for a couple of years.
If my parents had perhaps pushed me a little harder towards the goalkeeping I could be a professional coach with international prospects now, however I should have had more drive to do it myself. Just out of interest I'm hoping to go to college in september to do a foundation sports degree, I'm 27!!! Better late than never!!!!