Klarinet Archive - Posting 000077.txt from 2006/11

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Disgusted, Need to Vent
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:29:03 -0500

Have all of you cranky old men forgotten what it is like to BE a parent?

I have a 17-year-old and a 13-year-old. Between the two of them, we
have tried 7 different kinds of music lessons over the years. My hope
is that, sooner or later, one of them will find something that lights a
fire within them. When that doesn't happen, practicing becomes a chore
to be avoided through means both obvious and devious, and mom and dad
have to become drill sergeants.

With teenagers, I have to choose my battles. Music is supposed to be a
source of life enrichment. When it stops becoming that and instead
turns into yet another source of stress and conflict, then it stops
being desirable, and you bet I'm going to cancel the lessons.

Fortunately, my son seems to have found a real connection with his voice
teacher. We now have Italian arias being rendered in our house from
morning to evening.
--
Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

   
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