What a pleasant piece to come home to! Thank you for sharing that. How old is he now?

This thread started out with the goal that I think has continued fairly unaltered for me--as a parent there are things I know about the process of learning an instrument, and if I can convince my son to take the bit harder road for a while (classical guitar and the techniques that go with it) then anything else that comes later will be easier for him. And if he stays with classical, that's fine, but that isn't the ultimate goal. I wanted to help him develop the skills that give him the most choices in his musical life.

I don't know that my kids will ever some day say, at the Grammy's or whatever, "Thank-you Mom, for making me take classical first." Or even sitting around one day playing for the grandkids and have him say "Mom was right about taking classical." I just want him to be able to pick up the guitar he wants to pick up and be able to play it, or learn how without agonizing about the steps he left out when he was learning the first time around.

SRS