Playing the Piano Makes Your Child Smarter and Mentally Healthier
By Carole Hornsby Haynes July 15, 2022
Trillions of taxpayers dollars have been spent on public education yet American workers are the least well educated in the industrialized world. Advocates for universal pre-K claim we can make kids smarter by sending them to structured classes almost before they’re potty trained. Decades of studies show otherwise. The mental health crisis among students continues to worsen despite the primary focus of public education on social and emotional earning.
Here’s a superior solution for developing cognitive skills and a healthy mental attitude: playing the piano.
As I saw the Christmas traditions to which I was accustomed being purposely ripped from our nation, I began to wonder about how our ancestors had observed Christmas. What was it like in the American colonies and then the new nation? Was Christmas ever like the Victorian cards that we send or the heart warming stories we read over and over each season?