[PGR88]

Thanks - yes you are absolutely correct. I wanted to point out not all young people dislike classical music. I wasted a lot of time as a youth, which I regret. My wife did not - and that’s where our children get their musical genes from. We both make sure that their schoolwork is up to snuff.

Kids crave structure and discipline. They also need real achievement to gain a positive self image. Kids are smart - they know who is good, who is bad, when someone has skill in something, and they compare.

Just telling them “you are special” is at best worthless, at worst, it teaches them that feel-good lies are acceptable, and clouds their judgement.

[Mygirlsmom]

I maintain it's because kids are no longer exposed to classic cartoons - Bugs Bunny and Tom&Jerry is where I learned my initial love of classical music without even knowing it.

How many kids today would recognize "the Lone Ranger" (i.e. Rossini) Tchaikovsky, Liszt or Wagner? We knew them all.

Sing with me now: "O Bwunhilda....you are so wuuuuv-wy"