Not all children are loyal to one style of music. Do you ever wonder how some children and teenagers of today, can listen to a variety of music across the board?

I can safely say that I grew up on music that was , well, in my tween and teen days, old ‘fogey’ tunes but some of it was actually nice and today can be found in my own music files. It is this very exact method that as a parent, I exposed my own children to a variety of personal favorite tunes.

Yes, father is included also. Today my sons are quite awesome guitar players and get compliments from many music stores when they decide to go browsing guitars. They sit and start playing something or other and have amazed many music store staff and got applauded by strangers. This skill is due to their parents encouraging the boys to learn guitar from their father. After all, parents must take responsibility for teaching their children or not.

Psychology studies have done a few experiments that require further research but their findings on the effects of some types of music have shown a higher intelligence and soothing effect on humans and even on plants. Very strange. Can you visualize a plant turned away from metal music ? or leaning towards soft jazz ? Experiments revealed this odd behavior of plants though.

Exposure to music whether learning to play a instrument or sing has been found to have a over all effect on behavior, intelligence, pain threshold and health. It is good practice to teach children about the varieties of music available as it will promote their own individuality and personal well being. We all learn at different rates and music gives our brains quite a good work out.

A theory suggests that situations such studying requires use in the very left-brain and music stimulates the intuitive, creative right brain so input can be integrated into the whole process of learning. Playing music occupies your right brain while concentrating on left-brain activities.

I have compiled a few videos of which my own children have been exposed to over the years and will let you imagine the long term effects of their exposure to these musical varieties. Read related--> here and there.

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