The article reflects on the challenges of parenting a unique child while resisting the urge to impose personal expectations. The parents contemplate their own childhood experiences of encouragement and the implications on their child's interests. They advocate for an 'anti-push' approach, emphasizing the importance of self-directed learning over structured, intellectual methods. This perspective highlights the value of nurturing curiosity and passion, particularly in creative fields, to foster deeper connections and fluency in the arts.
We have settled into an 'anti-push' of sorts...wonder whether he would have benefited from more encouragement to join and play and participate.
I have noticed that there appears to be a benefit of coming to music...difference in the level of fluency in artists depending on whether their initial learning was intellectual.
When you begin with the intellect, you get thought. When you begin with wonder, however, you get wonder. You get magic.
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