In the United States, anyway.
Experts say that good music can stimulate a child's development.
However, some sceptics have dismissed the whole thing as unscientific nonsense. That is not the point. The point is that you are going to help the child have the best chance to learn about music and also have a good chance to enhance some abilities from listening to good music. Professor Flaw has tested his theory by monitoring the brain waves of children who undertake tasks while listening to classical music. In a Dallas maternity hospital babies are exposed to classical music before they have even tasted their mother's milk.