What's wrong with encouraging them to be creative? At that age many are already learning artistic skills that need to be encourage, not snuffed out in favour of

What's wrong with encouraging them to be creative? At that age many are already learning artistic skills that need to be encourage, not snuffed out in favour of grade chasing. I have no idea how playing the piano, creative writing, drawing is somehow "unsafe". If there's something that I'm seeing suffer badly it's being able to express yourself. Too many are caught up just saying what others want to hear, conditioned to be the poster-child for college admissions reviewers to fawn over.