<p>“But here in lies that 3rd piece of the balancing act…besides academics and music, they still have to grow up and mature, and learn how to make/choose great friends and just be silly once in a while.”</p>
<p>KeyofH: I think you said very eloquently what I was trying to get across in an earlier post. I think psychologists call this “emotional development”. Certainly exercise is also key and probably can even help prevent music-related injuries for instrumentalists.</p>
<p>Coming full circle in this discussion, I would like to once again blame the AP program for messing our kids up. Because if it wasn’t for music, they’d be doing something else and being just as stressed out, all because of the AP’s.</p>