When my son is struggling and gets to the "I want to quit now", and I say "yeah, you can quit AFTER you master the skill you're struggling with right now" the predictable result is he masters the skill and decides he "LOVES" the activity and it's "fun" and "easy". 🙄
This actually worked for my DS7. He had been practicing this one piece for a few months. It was for an assessment that the kids have to go through if they are taking private lessons with the teachers in this music school. The assessment was last Friday. During his practice time on Tuesday or Wednesday, he told me he wanted to quit. This was not the first time he's said that but this time seemed more serious. I told him that he needed to continue and complete this assessment. Then we would talk. Come to Friday, he did fairly well with the piece. After the assessment, he hugged his piano teacher and seemed pretty pleased with his performance. Then I asked him "do you want to quit piano now?" His answer was "No"
