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What do you wish you had said to your child about drugs?
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<blockquote data-quote="detachingmother" data-source="post: 679803" data-attributes="member: 20063"><p>Pigless---Maybe try pushing the guitar. I used to take youngest to soccer field, and tried relentlessly to get him to play. I couldn't even get him out of the car. So stubborn. He literally screamed and cried at age 6 or 7 in the parking lot, and it sounded like I was beating him or something.</p><p></p><p>Then, he on his own started playing guitar. I encouraged that then. I gave up him playing soccer and me being "soccer" mom. lol. Oddly, he liked gymnastics when too when I wanted him to play soccer. He flat out refused.</p><p></p><p>He self-taught himself guitar, got him a few cheap guitars, and he played and played and played. At first he thought he was awesome, but he really wasn't that good, but I kept telling him how good he was and to keep practicing. I offered lessons, but he at the time was more introverted. He too used to love gaming, but now won't even find the time for it...older naughty son gave him PS4 and he won't touch it now, quit around 16 ish.</p><p></p><p>Turns out, he is very very prolific now in other "art" forms. Some kids like sports, some don't. But guitar playing has a lot of good things that can happen. Like expressing ones self that way. These types are just on the "artsy" side of life. So maybe other things that way will interest him...not just guitar, but maybe any thing artsy...acting, writing, dance, other instruments....</p><p></p><p>So wish I would have been so receptive to oldest Sons likes and dislikes. I think when he was younger, I was mentally stunted myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="detachingmother, post: 679803, member: 20063"] Pigless---Maybe try pushing the guitar. I used to take youngest to soccer field, and tried relentlessly to get him to play. I couldn't even get him out of the car. So stubborn. He literally screamed and cried at age 6 or 7 in the parking lot, and it sounded like I was beating him or something. Then, he on his own started playing guitar. I encouraged that then. I gave up him playing soccer and me being "soccer" mom. lol. Oddly, he liked gymnastics when too when I wanted him to play soccer. He flat out refused. He self-taught himself guitar, got him a few cheap guitars, and he played and played and played. At first he thought he was awesome, but he really wasn't that good, but I kept telling him how good he was and to keep practicing. I offered lessons, but he at the time was more introverted. He too used to love gaming, but now won't even find the time for it...older naughty son gave him PS4 and he won't touch it now, quit around 16 ish. Turns out, he is very very prolific now in other "art" forms. Some kids like sports, some don't. But guitar playing has a lot of good things that can happen. Like expressing ones self that way. These types are just on the "artsy" side of life. So maybe other things that way will interest him...not just guitar, but maybe any thing artsy...acting, writing, dance, other instruments.... So wish I would have been so receptive to oldest Sons likes and dislikes. I think when he was younger, I was mentally stunted myself. [/QUOTE]
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