Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site x.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!dual!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!harvard!think!mit-eddie!cybvax0!frog!x!wjr From: wjr@x.UUCP (Bill Richard) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: How do I get my 6 yr old to practice piano Message-ID: <566@x.UUCP> Date: Sun, 15-Sep-85 19:10:13 EDT Article-I.D.: x.566 Posted: Sun Sep 15 19:10:13 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 19-Sep-85 06:28:29 EDT References: <2578@pegasus.UUCP> Reply-To: wjr@x.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Organization: Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA Lines: 22 Note: This is STella Calvert, a guest on ...decvax!frog!wjr. Flame me! In article <2578@pegasus.UUCP> dsl@pegasus.UUCP (David S. Levine) writes: >Practice, however, is a nightmare. Either she totally refuses to practice >or she fools around and turns what should be a 20 minute practice session >into a two hour ordeal. > >I would appreciate any ideas on how to motivate her to practice. > I am not a parent, so this may be a lousy idea. However, have you considered telling her she can ONLY practice for 30 minutes a day? At least this eliminates the two hour ordeal and related aversive conditioning. If she's as pig-headed as I was as a kid, it might result in her practicing for hours. (It has been suggested that I haven't out-grown that pig-headedness....) STella Calvert (guest on ...!decvax!frog!wjr) Every man and every woman is a star. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com