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SATCHMO · 11-04-2010, 07:10 PM

I think that my daughter is definitely more into the creative side of music now, but she always has been. We "play rock & roll", where she gets on the drums and I sing a bunch of nonsense that makes her wanna' pee her pants. It's always a good time, but since she was able to sit up, we were beating on pots and pans together, having our own little dance parties, and taking in the full range of musical experience.

I think that a lot of music that's made exclusively for children can be really patronizing to them, and just like in all other areas of life, it's best to treat kids as the intelligent appreciative people that they are and not inundate them with a lot of overly simplified music about the basics of being kind to one another.More often than not, it's adults that need to be reminded of that. Children have that intrinsic awareness. I think kids just need rock & roll and lots of it.

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SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	I think that my daughter is definitely more into the creative side of music now, but she always has been. We "play rock & roll", where she gets on the drums and I sing a bunch of nonsense that makes her wanna' pee her pants. It's always a good time, but since she was able to sit up, we were beating on pots and pans together, having our own little dance parties, and taking in the full range of musical experience. I think that a lot of music that's made exclusively for children can be really patronizing to them, and just like in all other areas of life, it's best to treat kids as the intelligent appreciative people that they are and not inundate them with a lot of overly simplified music about the basics of being kind to one another.More often than not, it's adults that need to be reminded of that. Children have that intrinsic awareness. I think kids just need rock & roll and lots of it.