The opening months of music study provide plenty of chances for you to underscore the importance of discipline, of working for a goal, of steady practice. Most students face slumps now and again as they grow older. With help from you and the teacher, your child will survive them and move to the next level. They're so much busier today. We just have to convince them that music will be around when they're no longer playing soccer.
Most kids recognize that.
There are several ways to handle that, according to Chris Liethen of Good Music Company in Madison. Or suggest an alternative instrument, changed lesson time, or different teacher. They don't need a strict diet of Mozart and Chopin. Let them play what they long to play. Get them hooked on music first, then you can move them to other types of music.