Learning a musical instrument...

My humble advice to parents that might have a child failing out of school is to STILL support their musical and art instrests, or whatever.
There was a rule upon me... don't do good in school, didn't get other things... along with the fact of lack of money. Learning a musical instrument is not only a positive aspect for one's mind and well-being, they can also use the knowledge in other realms. One being, homelessness...