Ruby - I was about to post the same thing. There is a difference between a kid fundamentally hating the whole music lesson scene, and a child that enjoys music and/or performing, but doesn't want to put the work into practice. You really have to know your child. And your own motivation and level of commitment as a parent too. We are on our 3rd piano teacher. A good fit with a teacher or program/philosophy is important. But private music lessons are sure not a necessity for every child. The lessons learned here can be learned in other ways.
We have been lucky that neither of our kids have ever asked to quit. They don't want to practice every day, but they generally enjoy it. Today my daughter wanted to practice violin outside. Which was fine with me and made it much more fun and interesting for her. She's 4, so it's very much just working on building a habit. Even if it's only 15 minutes a day and we don't actually do much productive.
