Once upon a time, folk music was mainstream. Its popularity has been supplanted by other forms that seem more relevant to those who like it. It took some time and repeated visits for me to appreciate the beauty, value and place of folk music and traditional music in particular. My experience with my children is that they will tolerate my chosen music as much as I will tolerate theirs. Encouragement is one thing but when people are told that is is what they should like, they tend to go elsewhere (unless it is the 50 best things about .... in the broadsheet newspapers). So please, let's not foist "our" music on others, but encourage.