Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: How do I get my 6 yr old to practice piano Message-ID: <741@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 18:00:34 EDT Article-I.D.: ttidcc.741 Posted: Mon Sep 30 18:00:34 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Oct-85 08:21:08 EDT References: <2578@pegasus.UUCP> <1123@kestrel.ARPA> <466@scirtp.UUCP> <228@graffiti.UUCP> Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath) Organization: The Cat Factory Lines: 34 Summary: In article <228@graffiti.UUCP> steph@graffiti.UUCP (stephanie da silva) writes: >What I don't understand is, why would you want to force a child onto an >instrument? Unless that child shows natural aptitude towards it, or else >musical talent runs in your family, I would suggest channeling his energies >towards something that he's interested in or shows promise in. > >Do you know what you get when you "force" a child to take piano lessons? > >A mediocre piano player. That's if you and the child are lucky. My parents pressured me into piano and violin lessons as a child (a very musical family, I had a violin in my hands at the age of two (!), piano at four). The result of nearly ten years of childhood violin lessons and a year of piano is I don't play either instrument _at all_. I'm not an unmusical person. I have an excellent ear, and am a better than average guitar player. I haven't picked up a violin in 20 years. If your kids show interest in learning an instrument, by all means encourage them. Praise and reward for doing well, or even trying, are the way to go. _DO NOT_ coerce them into practicing or punish them in any way for not practicing or doing as well as you think they should. If they change their minds and decide they don't want to learn an instrument now, that has to be their decision. Forcing them in any way will only make matters worse. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe) Citicorp(+)TTI Common Sense is what tells you that a ten 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. pound weight falls ten times as fast as a Santa Monica, CA 90405 one pound weight. (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com