Right time

 

When J was 4 years old and after 2^nd child's birth, she was becoming more attention sicker, we started one-to-one piano lesson so at least for one hour she will be engaging with music and it will help her in her emotions after 2^nd child in home.

However, she cried before every single lesson. After few months we decided to leave piano classes as she was not enjoying. After 3 years again I started her piano lessons with singing thinking music is a good hobby and she can learn from where her friends are learning. It was zoom classes, so she enjoyed for couple of lessons but then she just started crying and arguing for not interested into music. We tried our level best to help her to be resilient, but she was so strong will and said, she is much interested into craft and paintings only. We thought to respect her own choice of interests and left music classes again.

But now, her good friend is playing piano and he taught her basic notes in a way, she said she wants to learn from the same app. We thought anyway she is not interested so ignored her 2-3 times but surprisingly she is learning from a friend and requested many times for the same app.

Now, she is enjoying and learning by herself. she is 9 years old now. she started enjoying and learning when we stopped expecting her to learn music. 

So, everyone does their best when the right time comes for them. This is true for child and for everyone. Sometimes we are overanxious for kids and do lot of efforts, but we just let them nurture their own interest, personality. They will do and learn when the right time will come. By that time, we can focus for their habits of concentration, gratitude habits, prayers habit, observing self and others, imagination, reading, etc.

because that is foundation values. And once the foundation is strong, they will flourish.