what music are you and your child/ren into?

Nataschia - posted on 03/26/2012

I'm going to be an art historian music is a huge part of our lives I played music for them in my belly played classical music while they fall asleep we love music like the doors grateful dead led Zeppelin but We love rap it's fun to dance to I have tried to expose my kids to as many different styles and from other cultures and time periods

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Kriss - posted on 01/30/2011

I have a 20 month old son who absolutely LOVES Jason Mraz, and a variety of hippie and jam band music. He loves Grateful Dead, as well as modern bluegrass. My husband and I are both musicians and songwriters, so he gets a lot of exposure to many different styles of music. We bought him the Baby Einstein CD's and he likes those, but not like he loves the other music we play. We just try to make sure he's listening to positive music.

Maryann - posted on 08/08/2010

Wonderful replies! Children need to hear all styles of music. Keep in mind that it is not the style of music that can be hurtful to children but the lyrics! Programs that use a variety are good exposure for children and good for parents as well. Many are out there. Make sure the music is good quality and a mix of genres. A few would include -- Music with Mar., Music Together, MusikGarten. There is much information on this that airs on http://www.bamradionetwork.com/index.php...
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Natasha - posted on 08/01/2010

Love this question! The little ones like pretty much everything : ) I play the piano and my mother (who watches them while I am working) teaches. So they have all had a lot of exposure to anything on the piano. My three year old and 8 month old love anything that has any kind of beat.

I love taking my 3 year old to worship service with me at church because she really enjoys the music and wants to sing along and my 8 month old always laughs when I sing to him (don't know if that's a good thing).

My teenagers : ) - A few years ago I started listening to a christian radio station. My boys both really caught on! They now listen to a lot of christian rock and we are constantly going to concerts together. Even the little ones come with us and everyone has loads of fun : ) In addition, the boys have studied the piano as well as brass instruments (trumpet and trombone) and we are in the works of finding a good guitar instructor for my 13 year old son.

Plus they have to put up with my old "boring" music of all types : ) We must keep them well rounded : )

Jytte-Marie - posted on 07/12/2010

My little one is still baking, lol, but that doesn't stop me from playing a wide variety of music :)

I play anything from Black Label Society to Josh Groban frequently.
I don't listen, nor like country and rap at all, so there really isn't any of that played around here :P
But I'd hope for my son/or daughter, to be open minded and explore music creatively.

DYAN - posted on 06/23/2010

I teach my boys to have an open mind to all music except elevator music...none of us like instrumentals..or jazz...

DYAN - posted on 06/23/2010

I was raised on everything from 50's music till the music of today...

DYAN - posted on 06/23/2010

Well my boys love to listen to all music i listen to...I listen to a lot of German rock music mostly industrial metal...My favorite group became there favorite...Now all we listen to is "RAMMSTEIN"my favorite ..i listen to every thing from the 60's to present songs ...but i prefer "RAMMSTEIN"...

Casey - posted on 01/15/2010

My son is almost 6 months old, and we listen to just about everything. I teach piano, and voice lessons, so my son has been exposed since he was in the womb. :) Currently, he responds well to many different types of music that I play personally or that we listen to, however his absolute favorite is when I sing to him. He lights up... gets really excited no matter what I'm singing. Loves it.

Rachel - posted on 10/30/2009

I play classical and movie music on the piano. For listening we listen to mostly rock. my son loves Black Stone Cherry, Skillet, Aerosmith, idk so many we listen to.

Monica - posted on 06/18/2009

Hi....new to this group. Was a choral singer for years but stopped when I had my son. So of course I expose my son to vocals more than instrumentals. He is 7 and right now is really into rock with Daughtry and Boston being his favorites of the moment. But he also enjoys Huey Lewis and Josh Groban. We try to expose him to a varity of appropriate music, but he dosen't usually want to listen to it... he has his faves and he sticks to them. :)

Karen - posted on 05/11/2009

We do a wide variety also. I let the boys enjoy their music, which is Imagination Movers, Dan Zanes, and Laurie Berkner. I also make sure that they listen to my music as well, which is classic rock and alternative rock. We also do a lot of classical music. They recognize a lot of it because they enjoy watching Little Einsteins. And although I don't enjoy country/blue grass/folk music it's hard to get around it while in Kentucky. So, they've been exposed to that genre as well. I will not allow them to listen to rap or hip hop. Mostly because I just can't stand it. I'm sure some day they'll come home listening to it though.