So, you’ve decided to get private piano lessons for your little angel. Piano lessonprovides instant direction and feedback to keep students progressing towards an amazing goal – musical talent! And someone well-trained in piano is so important in putting your kids on the path to success, but I didn’t always think that way….
My Startling Realization: I Was Causing My Kids to Fail
When I started my piano teacher search, I was hoping it would be as simple as calling the cheapest person on the list and setting a date for our first piano lessons for beginners. Sadly, I learned that this was not the case.
Like many parents, I have seen my kids go through activity after activity and quit after a few weeks. Soccer, ballet, swimming, guitar, ice-skating, rollerblading, hockey, basketball (yes, the rusty hoop is still in my driveway). Altogether, I must have spent over $2,000. And you know what I discovered? My kids were quitters. Not only that, but they had lost CONFIDENCE in themselves. And it was actually me and my husband’s fault. We had not set them up for success in any activity. What we should have done was simple, and much less expensive:
1) FIND the RIGHT instructor the first time instead of “cheaping out”
2) FORCE (but in a good way) the kiddies to actually PRACTICE each day to see progress and feel successful
Once we woke up, we realized that quality trumped low cost when it came to building a foundation of confidence for our kids in their chosen activity. We also realized that we did not know anything about how to hire a great piano teacher. So, in our case, we went with a company that screens piano teachers and stands behind their quality. The cost was not the cheapest, but also not the most expensive and we ended up with an amazing instructor. This time, our kids are going to stick with it and succeed (whether they like it now or not). Piano lessons for kids were one of the most amazing decisions I made. We know they will thank us later.
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