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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want them to be good then they should practice 1 hour per day.[/quote]

Oh, I had you as a mom. I was good at music. A natural. Took lessons, won awards at statewide competitions, played in honor groups, got paid to teach music lessons to grade school kids when I was in middle and high school. Every time I walked into the room as a kid, my mother would look at me, frown, sigh, and say: Have you practiced your music today? I haven't heard you practice your music today. Don't be lazy, go practice. I want to hear you playing your instrument, since we're paying for lessons. For an hour. So I would, but she would say I should keep playing. Why play for one hour when you can practice for 90? Every single time I walked into a room where she was in our house, she would say: Have you practiced your music today? It got to the point where I would actively avoid going into the room if she was in there, because I knew she would nag me about it. She never asked about my school day, or my classes, only if I have practiced my music. Then I was never good enough for her when I won. I would walk up to her after a performance and she would say how she heard me make one little mistake while I was playing on stage, I should have practiced more. She wanted me to become a professional musician on that instrument.

I don't play anymore.[/quote]

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