Timeline for Learning to play an instrument: Should we insist that our child practices each day?
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| Nov 1, 2017 at 11:25 | vote | accept | BBM | ||
| Sep 14, 2015 at 8:43 | answer | added | RedSonja | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 2, 2015 at 4:50 | answer | added | Kevin | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 1, 2015 at 19:17 | history | edited | A E | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 31, 2015 at 21:08 | comment | added | J.R. | Related. | |
| Jan 31, 2015 at 9:23 | comment | added | user541686 | @PlasmaHH: Same exact story, except I was just a little older I think. | |
| Jan 31, 2015 at 5:35 | comment | added | user9075 | 10 minutes a day is almost nothing. If it's a struggle to get him to do such a tiny amount of practicing, then he's clearly just not very interested in the instrument. Quit the lessons. | |
| Jan 30, 2015 at 10:31 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackParenting/status/561109443270959104 | ||
| Jan 29, 2015 at 22:41 | answer | added | Chris Sunami | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 22:40 | answer | added | Cassie Sherman | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 22:26 | answer | added | Calphool | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 21:56 | answer | added | user13481 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 19:41 | answer | added | Justin | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 18:58 | answer | added | Smig | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 16:54 | answer | added | Karl Bielefeldt | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 16:28 | comment | added | Pharap | It depends, does your son want to learn to play the instrument? "Currently we want him to practice at least 10 minutes each day" sounds to me like learning an instrument is something you want him to do, and not something he wants to do. If he doesn't want to do it, you can't and shouldn't force him, it will only lead to resentment. If he does want to do it, it is important to explain to him that if he wants to be good he has to practise, and then offer incentives and rewards for his practising. If he's too tired because of other things, he's probably doing too much and should stop one of them. | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 16:14 | comment | added | Joe | I think an important part is missing from the question. Why do you want to require it? Why is he taking lessons? Is this a hobby (something to do for fun), or do you feel it's important to learn an instrument to grow into a complete person, or something else? Is the expense of lessons a significant factor? If you don't require it, how often does he practice? | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 15:57 | answer | added | Zibbobz | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 14:51 | answer | added | user13473 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 13:20 | comment | added | Acire | Something that helped me engage better with practicing was having a teacher who would be visibly disappointed -- not angry, just sort of let down -- when I blushed and admitted I hadn't made any progress since last week. I also was helped somewhat by the pressure of recitals (I HATED making a mistake in public!) but that was on the whole negative, since I still have silly nightmares occasionally where I realize I have to go perform and I am totally unprepared. | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 13:04 | comment | added | PlasmaHH | I gave up on playing pipe organ when I was about 12, simply because it was fun when making progress in my pace, but it was a pain to practice whenever someone asked me to do it. | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 12:39 | answer | added | Chrys | timeline score: 28 | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 11:59 | answer | added | Dariusz | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 10:50 | answer | added | David Boshton | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 10:44 | answer | added | DainDwarf | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 29, 2015 at 7:56 | history | asked | BBM | CC BY-SA 3.0 |