[百草园]

老大7岁了，我一直想让他学钢琴。目地简单培养情操，对音乐要有感觉. LG不同意，原因如下：孩子已经在学画画，游泳，篮球，精力有限，双职工时间不足，孩子不一定是这块料，我们不会弹钢琴..... 听起来言之凿凿，但都不堪一击.

所以做个调查，看看大家是怎样的.

盾盾有限，发完为止. 多谢！

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(Sorry cannot type chinese here)

Thanks for everyone's vote and comments. It looks like majority of kids are playing piano for those who voted, while most of you who posted comments here are quite conservertive to piano, if not against it.

I talked to my husband last night. He was not shock of this result. What he concerns is piano is a long term commitment, which needs more energy amd time from both kids and parents, no matter money. There are other alternatives, which might be good chooce too, why we choose piano.

Also we are both working. Time with kids is really limit. Within the limited time, he thinks our high priority is to teach kids Chinese. And only if we have extra time, we can try others. Not sure how others can manage time. It turns out to us that we could only find 1.5 hours with kids after dinner, and that is normally the chinese time, or sometimes math testing. How can you find time with various acitvities!

Thanks a lot.

[Emirato]

如果JUST FOR FUN， GO AHEAD。

如果想玩好，每天至少2个小时陪练。枯燥且烦躁。
钱是小事。

钢琴是银子，争吵，工夫，眼泪，牺牲搭出来的。

三思。


**不用给我盾**

[百草园]

Emirato _BBCODE_WROTE:

如果JUST FOR FUN， GO AHEAD。 如果想玩好，每天至少2个小时陪练。枯燥且烦躁。 钱是小事。 钢琴是银子，争吵，工夫，牺牲搭出来的。 三思。 **不用给我盾**

多谢提醒，有这么可怕吗？

[Matrix]

我家打算试试，开始肯定不会买，让孩子去老师家学，如果有兴趣玩钢琴再说

不过目前两个小家伙的的表现很一致，都是更喜欢带轮子，可以拆来拆去的东西

[Emirato]

you never try , you never know.

当然每人的目的都不一样。
随便玩玩，即便是为了过级，都容易。

如果是为了拿奖，为了高分过级，和培养一技之长，就没那么容易的。
搭上的不是一个人，是一家。

[百草园]

Matrix _BBCODE_WROTE:

我家打算试试，开始肯定不会买，让孩子去老师家学，如果有兴趣玩钢琴再说 不过目前两个小家伙的的表现很一致，都是更喜欢带轮子，可以拆来拆去的东西

Same to mine.

I just do not want to be regret, if I do not provide such exposure to them.

[百草园]

Emirato _BBCODE_WROTE:

you never try , you never know. 当然每人的目的都不一样。 随便玩玩，即便是为了过级，都容易。 如果是为了拿奖，为了高分过级，和培养一技之长，就没那么容易的。 搭上的不是一个人，是一家。

I never expect them to be any masters or whatever it called. I just hope they have some sense to music, and can play at least one instrument. That is my only purpose.

[没办法]

我家孩子在国内5年级弹到9级，来到这里后除了玩没有弹了。不知对学习有否帮助，只是一学期就从esl班到regular班了，从没请过家教上过小班，现在UBC。

孩子学琴家长要付出同等甚至更多的精力，和孩子会争吵，要有思想准备

[union]

我也想让儿子试试，看他是否坐得定，有没有兴趣。但是买钢琴，请老师始终是一个比较大的commitment， 所以还没有决定。

不过，我周围的朋友极少数家里没有钢琴的，老公说了，天天去人家家练钢琴，一个月还兜不回来一个圈呢，那是说笑。

主要原因是周围人人都在练，没有很多练得好的，好像是花很多钱，但是进步小，花同样的时间／金钱在其他上面似乎效果更好。

[会飞的胖子]

华人的家长就是怕孩子学少了，别人学自己也要学

这样的话不如回国内了，那里学习气氛浓厚