> You are the one coming to with the race thing. If it was a race the children would be practicing for hours a day. Meanwhile they practice when they feel like it and have fun with sounds and music.

> Sure but idk how you came to the conclusion the author has a different view on it. She wanted to expose her children to sounds and music early to increase their chance of not being tone deaf and missing out on music because of it (her own experience). This worked, kids had fun, one of them practice for "max 30 minutes", the other doesn't as he doesn't feel like it. How is it race, fighting for headstart or anything like that?

There is a particular subtext in this piece that I'm pretty sure you haven't picked up on. I suggest re-reading it. I am certainly not the one who introduced the notion of giving kids a "leg up" at learning music.

> Interesting advice. I certainly wish my parents were proud of things I've learnt at the age of 6 or even earlier!

Sounds great, but if they want to brag publicly about it, it had better be actually impressive.

It sounds to me that you're assuming leg up sentiment is in relation to professional musicians while the author is relating to herself: someone very bad at music (maybe because of lack of exposure to it during childhood).

I certainly wish my parents cared even a little bit for music and sounds. I didn't encounter the idea that sounds have names or distances between them make melodies until primary school. Music wasn't playing in my home and no one sang to me. As you can imagine I am hopeless when it comes to music. I can't even sing a sound I've just heard. Not even close. Her children definitely have leg up in comparison to me.

If I wanted kids I would be happy to encounter the article. Maybe I could save my children from the fate of musical tone deafness.