For a lot of new parents, it's often a dream that their kids will surprise them with some amazing talent.
Although enrolling them in music lessons or sports can be enriching in its own right, it's hard not to feel proud when they end up taking to these activities like a duck takes to water.
Of course, it's not always so simple for the kids who do hold incredible gifts. Even if they don't get burned out on what they excel at, they may find that pursuing them can come at the cost of their social lives.
Still, for some immensely talented children, their prodigious childhoods were only a stepping stone to their life's work.