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I think most of the parents(in this BBS) takes their kids's piano learning issues too seriously... From what I saw here, there are endless whine on "my child doesn't do what I told him", "Oh. I love the piano but I'd never have the chance to learn it, that's why I place my hope on him" or "I don't want my son waste his precious time [for not learning the piano]"... blah, blah, blah There are too many meaningful things to do or to learn... why getting so stressful/upset/angry on merely a musical instrument learning issue. Just sit back and relax, enjoy what your son or daugther is playing... (of course, giving opinion is good,but making a fuse of every single mistake or imprefection they made is a waste of your time and energy) Guess I don't have the right to say anything... I treat the piano-playing as nothing more than a harmless leisure activity like playing video game... P.S. To those who are projecting their childhood dreams to their children. If you like piano so much, why don't you take some lesson yourself. In this way, not only you'll learn to play yourself, but you'll also understand the difficulties your children experience in the learning process... and you'll have a clearer picture of how to help him