Certain music can also be very destructive. It is no coincidence that the majority of teenagers who end up being sent to residential treatment facilities or group homes listen to more heavy metal music than other teens. Music that is filled with lyrics of hate and despair encourage those same mind states in developing teens. What your children listen to may hurt them. Teach them to love classical music when they are young.
Music is influential from a very early age.
The Secret Life of the Unborn Child cites scientific experiments showing that fetuses preferred Mozart and Vivaldi to other composers in early as well as later stages of pregnancy. Classical music and most beautiful soothing, stimulating music can make a positive difference in your brain. In a follow up study by Rauscher and Shaw at UCI 34 preschoolers were given piano keyboard training. After 6 months, all the children could play basic melodies from Mozart and Beethoven. In a study of approximately 7,500 students at a university music and music major had the highest reading scores of any students on campus.