What’s the point of music lessons if my child won’t practice?
Originally posted on Treble Makers: A Music Education Blog:
From time to time, parents of beginner (and more often than not, young) music students face a tough challenge: their child’s motivation to learn wanes to a gradual standstill. They no longer want to practice and it becomes a daily struggle just to get them to open up their music book that sits atop the piano collecting dust. Alas, dragging them to their weekly music lessons is as easy as drawing blood from a stone. As a music teacher, I admit my bias when I say that quitting lessons, no matter… Continue reading What’s the point of music lessons if my child won’t practice?