Originally Posted by Quantum2003
There was a time period when DD was particularly resistant to practice but I found out it was partly because she didn't have any music to motivate her. Once we bought a ton of popular music that she chose, she was more motivated to practice.

It is really true in my household. Both my DS's take private piano lessons. They both don't like to practice. However, when they are given a piece of music that they like or a piece that they request the teach to give them to play, they tend to put in more effort and not too resistant to practice.