After making the big decision to have your child learn to play the violin, you’ve made the commitment, bought or rented an instrument, and have invested time and money and effort into providing lessons for them. Things are going well…or a t least, so it seems. Then one day, you notice it: the dreaded sluggish body language when it’s time to practice. Maybe it’s a look on their face that says “I really don’t want to be here right now.” Perhaps there are eye rolls, deep sighs,

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