Musical Instruments- If You Must

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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Parenting, Kids & Family, Comedy

4.6 • 962 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Musical instruments: must our children either be tied to a piano bench or forgo their dreams of the Ivy League? Must we battle with our children daily to make them practice, and then have to listen to fifteen minutes of what sounds like a dying moose? Experts say childhood exposure to musical instruments relieves stress (theirs), tones the brain for auditory fitness, even lowers kids’ risk of dementia seventy years hence. While that’s certainly playing the long game, all of our kids play instruments, and we’re here to tell you why yours should at least give it a shot. At least the recorder. Sorry about that. Here’s links to research and further reading we discuss in this episode: a picture of a bass clarinet, which Margaret promised as a visual appendix to her story of Clarice, the clarinetrix sports coach Bruce Brown’s terrific advice on the only thing you need to say after watching your kids perform: “I Love To Watch You Play” the Tiger Mom article that started the backlash against making kids spend three hours a day practicing (not that we were ever going to do that anyhow) Ten Reasons Why Everyone Should Learn to Play Musical Instruments Angela Kwan for Parents: 6 Benefits of Music Lessons Did you play an instrument as a kid? Are you glad you did? Tell us in the comments! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amy we are hitting the road. That is right. I'm so excited about this. What Fresh Hell Live is back. We are coming to stages around the northeast this fall and we are coming, we hope, to a city near you.
0:12.0	You can get your tickets now to see us live for a super fun mom's night out full of comedy, community,
0:19.0	and hanging out with us at every show.
0:22.0	We have not done this since before the pandemic, so we are. hanging out with us at every show.
0:22.6	We have not done this since before the pandemic,
0:24.5	so we are so excited to get back out on the road
0:27.2	and meet everybody and see you in person.
0:29.2	Ready to hear where you can find us.
0:30.5	We are going to be in Charlotte, North Carolina, Boston, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C.
0:36.2	Our nation's capital, Philadelphia, and of course our hometown of New York City.
0:41.6	You can find out all the details about the show and get your
0:44.4	tickets at what Fresh Hel Podcast.com. Click tour dates at the top. Tickets are
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0:58.4	We cannot wait to see you.
0:59.8	So, 10 minutes of instruments every night.
1:05.0	What fresh hell!
1:07.0	Laughing in the face of motherhood.
1:09.0	If people had to guess, I think which one of us made our kids practice for 15 minutes every day and which ones were like the teachers coming you better sit down and run through the song once before she gets here.
1:18.0	They would get it backwards. With Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson.
1:22.0	I mean I'm lying it's horrible.
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