Those of you with kids playing musical instruments.... Did your kids really WANT to learn to play? DS says he'd like to learn piano, but he knows it would mean daily practice and he says he doesn't want to have to do that. Again, with the long school days, I've had mixed feelings about pushing him into more activities that he doesn't really want to do.
Difficult. DS6 (5 when he started) did want to learn, but I also definitely encouraged him to (e.g., have talked for years about "when you're old enough to practise regularly, then you can have lessons" when he banged on the piano). So he's "always" known that regular practice is part of the deal. Now that he's had one term of lessons, what he says is "I like playing the piano, and I like my piano lessons, but I hate practising". Actually, he doesn't complain about it too much, but he does need a lot of support, i.e. me telling him to do it *now* and, often, sitting with him and telling him to play that again but now concentrating on [whatever], etc. Not always though - sometimes, I can ask whether he wants to do X or piano practice next, he'll choose piano practice, and just go and do it. He only practises for 10 minutes, but he does do it (practically) every day: this seems to be a good pattern for now.
That said, I don't think I'd want to be doing this amount of cajoling for more than one thing!
