It isn’t easy being a parent and I hate it when I hear myself talking to my kids just as my parents once spoke to me. However nothing frustrates me more than to see my kids not understanding the value of a dollar and not recognizing the importance of taking care of what they have! For instance we bought our youngest daughter a kids electric guitar for Christmas and I have found it lying around the house in a multitude of places and everywhere except where it is supposed to be. Already my wife and I have had to replace several broken guitar strings that she says happened when her little brother got into her room and played her guitar without her permission. What I can not get her to see is that if she would put her guitar in the kids guitar case that we bought her none of these accidents would happen in the first place!!
We didn’t buy the guitar case for it not to be used. And when we bought the case for her we were unaware that guitar cases for children came in different sizes and styles. It seems that our children need to learn the hard way as I did. How soon we forget that we were stubborn when we were their age. I have told my daughter that if she breaks one more string, not only will I not replace the string but I will not pay to have the guitar fixed. How’s that for being a tough parent!!
Kids don’t always treat their property with the respect and care it deserves, and who could blame them? When you’re a child, you’re too full of energy and enthusiasm to notice the fragility of objects such as musical instruments. It’s therefore important for parents to instill a modicum of respect for the child’s guitar. Since these instruments are generally pretty serious investments, they should be cared for in the proper way.
A hard-shell kids guitar case represents the best way to protect the instrument from potential damage. A few drops and dents won’t make much difference to the musical integrity of the instrument, but those minor problems can really add up over time. They are particularly helpful during car trips and plane rides, when it’s no longer practical to keep a guitar out of its case.