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2.0px'>The best way to help kids enjoy music is for the parents to actively =
make music themselves. <BR>
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Susan Kline<BR>
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Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding!! Exactly, precisely correct and t=
rue. And true for every other damn thing you think kids “should&=
#8221; be doing: if you want your kids to read, read yourself; exercis=
e, being kind, doing chores happily, whatever it is---it’s monkey see,=
monkey do.<BR>
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The behavior and choices of most children reflect closely the behavior and =
choices of their parents, either as modelling or rebellion. If a child has b=
een truly respected as an individual, free human being by his parents, that =
child will generally be a good-hearted, interesting, unselfish, giving human=
being.<BR>
It’s just that simple.<BR>
Airtight, water-tight, judgement-tight flamesuit on.<BR>
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Buhbye....<BR>
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David A.</SPAN></FONT>
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