Kid Guitars

After a lot of begging from our youngest son, we got our youngest son a childrens electric guitar for his birthday this past February.  We just weren’t sure we wanted to get him this because of cost and we also wanted our son to focus on other interests.  At the time we had our son involved in boy scouts,  basketball at the YMCA, and church choir.  He begged us for an electric guitar and really wanted guitar lessons.   We were afraid if we got him a kids guitar it would detract him from his other interests and even more importantly his schoolwork.  Much to our delight and even utter shock this hasn’t happened at all!

Not only has our son continued to pursue his other hobbies , (except for choir) but he seems to show more responsibility in most aspects of his life including his studies!  With guitar, he really appears to have more of a passion and because of this he has really picked up the basics of learning to play guitar and read music rather quickly.  He also knows that he will not be able to continue to play the kids electric guitar if he doesn’t complete his homework or continue to get good grades.  He knows that we also expect him to be involved in other activities to live a well rounded life.  Our son is willing to do whatever it takes so he can continue playing guitar.  The guitar in a roundabout way has taught him discipline.  Unknowingly, it was one of the best decisions we ever made!