Music Lessons
March 30th, 2008 | by admin |Kids today need to be kept busy and involved. Parents often make the mistake of trying to force a hobby or extracurricular activity on their child, that somehow conforms to the parents definition of success. This approach generally leads to frustration and irritation and parents end up paying for materials and lessons that end up going to waste.
We learned this the hard way. When our son was four, we enrolled him in an academy of music to learn to play the piano. The teacher was very impressed with his ability at such a young age. However, practicing between music lessons and his mp3 music players, became a standing issue that we all began to dread. We stuck with the lessons, since they had already been paid for. My husband was determined that our son would learn the importance of commitment and the value of hard work. Of course, in the end, our son won that battle. When it was time for him to perform at his first recital he flat out refused to go on stage. And that was the end of that!