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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would switch to a violin teacher but would not value a teacher who "pushes" a child at age 7. You want someone who emphasizes proper form but if you find someone really tough/militant, it will simply make your child dislike music lessons.

I also think you need to re-evaluate what you are unhappy with regarding your own music education. The issues about sloppy form causing injury are important and it's why I would make sure your kid takes lessons from someone who know the instrument really well -- they will demonstrate and reinforce better form.

But the issue of not being pushed enough... do you know what separates someone who pursues an instrument (or anything) at a high level versus someone who is more of a hobbyist or gives up earlier? It's not having a teacher who pushes them. It's internal -- do they push themselves? You can not force that. I think at the end of the day, you were not passionate enough about music to push yourself harder at your instrument. That is okay. Really. Likely you had other interests, or wanted more balance in your life. That is normal. The world is full of people who know how to play the piano but never became brilliant pianists, and that's good because those people became other things.

Please do not impose whatever disappointment or regret you might have about your own music career on your kid. Let him decide if this is what he wants for himself. Either he'll decide that yes, he wants to pursue it seriously, in which case he will push himself to practice and will be the one asking you for more lessons or more strict lessons, or he will decide to be a bit more laid back and he'll learn to play but will never be great. Both are totally fine but the decision is his to make. It's his life.[/quote]

DS does have internal drive and is often asking to do this piece or that piece. The teacher often says yes, but won’t initiate those pieces. I don’t feel like I want a pushy teacher, but I wonder if current teacher is TOO gentle / laidback. He is very soft spoken, and doesn’t seem personally driven either, so while he is very kind and agreeable, I wonder if kid needs more. I will say the teacher does have limits and says “no not yet” when it comes to pieces I know DS is not ready for. [/quote]

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