Many parents want their children to grow up in music lessons, school band, orchestra, or other similar activities – this is nothing new. But should you force your child to take lessons? Will creating yet another requirement rob them of any enjoyment they may otherwise receive from music?
This blog will tackle a few things: whether or not you should force your child to take lessons, how to make them want to practice, and what the end result should be.
Making Your Child Take Music Lessons
We all know a family that forced their children to start taking lessons when they were four, five, or six years old. It doesn’t matter how good those piano lessons may be, the child probably resisted regular practice, dreaded lessons, and wanted to quit the piano (or other instruments when they reached middle school or high school.
It’s certainly possible that your child will grow to like music even if it is another task – kids sometimes grow to like history and math as well. But music should be different.
In short, you would be better served cultivating a love of music in your child, even if you can’t start them in lessons until they are a bit older – trust us, the two years of lost time will be made up quickly.
How To Spur Musical Curiosity
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