[pianotech] undisciplined kids

[Susan Kline]

That's good, Rob, or sometimes I just tell the kid "you can play after I 
leave, but not now."

Susan Kline

Rob McCall wrote:
> Being a parent myself, I have a real hard time just letting them bang 
> away.  I usually tell them to watch their fingers!  And then I close 
> the fallboard.  Then I stand there with my hand on top of it as I talk 
> to the parent.  It works almost every time.  And the parents get the 
> idea real quick.  Yeah, I could probably be more PC, but I just don't 
> have it in me.  :-) It's like I'm on auto-parent mode.  It just 
> happens...
>
> Regards,
>
> Rob McCall
>
> McCall Piano Service, LLC
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>
> On Jan 04, 2013, at 14:40 , paul bruesch <paul at bruesch.net 
> <mailto:paul at bruesch.net>> wrote:
>
>> Depending on my mood at the moment, I would probably calmly ask the 
>> kid to please play quietly so I can think. The kid is doing what kids 
>> do, given the opportunity. But by asking the kid to play quietly, 
>> you're not angrily saying to quit making all that noise, you're just 
>> asking for some respect, which the parents apparently have not taught 
>> and do not expect, and most kids (in my experience) respond well to 
>> that.
>>
>> Paul Bruesch
>> Stillwater, MN
>
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