I think it’s great that kids want to learn music. For my own kid, I just want them to want to learn, not me pushing them all the time to do it. Then again, at a young age, kids don’t always know what they want or not want to to so some pushing around I guess is necessary. So I don’t know. I tried this reverse psychology thing in which I waited until my kid saw every other kid start to play an instrument. My kid then asked me for lessons, to which I said no because it’s a huge time commitment on both parent and kid, and I would only consider it if they could want to practice themselves. In my ideal world, my kid should come home everyday and want to practice themselves without me nagging about it. So far, it seems to work. We’ll see how long it lasts. This could backfire one day in which If i say, if you don’t want to practice, then there’s no point in continuing with taking lessons, to which my kid might one day just say “ok…”
