<p>Great insight, GMTplus7!</p>
<p>At what point did we (as a society) lose sight of the fact that a good part of life isn’t “fun,” or that every thing we do can’t be predicated on whether or not it makes us “happy”?</p>
<p>I don’t recall being rapturous about changing diapers, or reading “Goodnight Moon” until my brain turned to mush, but I am happy that I’m the mom of two fabulous kids that I love very much. </p>
<p>I don’t think my son really enjoys practicing scales and etudes every day, but he does enjoy the technical mastery his practice has allowed him to gain on his instrument, and it definitely makes him happy to create music with his friends.</p>
<p>In our “instant gratification” world, are our kids losing sight of the basic truth that it generally requires hard work (which means time spent NOT doing something “fun” like gaming/social media/texting, etc.) to accomplish things of weight or merit or value?</p>