I am reading the book by Dave Grohl. It's a great book and I highly recommend it. I'm never really into the rock music. But I listened to so many songs in the FIFA '06 soundtrack, and love many of them. Dave is a great artist and a great human being. He is also talented in writing. I admire the way he tells his life story.
At certain moment, we ought to know more kinds of music and learn other ways to play music. Currently kids are learning how to play piano. It's hard work and it's hard for the boys to create their own fun by playing the instrument. At some point I want to introduce them to keyboard and guitar, and would encourage to write their own songs. That would be a lot of fun. The only problem is none of us in the family really knows how to compose a song.
Today I told Jace how to improve on his writing. Unfortunately, I yelled at him again and criticized him too hard. But he took it. He quietly took my comments and went back to revise the original piece. The final work was rather decent and made me feel instantly proud of him and my parenting. I know I could be better. The book that he was reading is all about how to influence people, yet I am a bad example of doing exactly the opposite. The correct way of help improving his writing skills would be more patient and more encouraging, instead of yelling and criticizing every each time. Honestly, I was way too bad when I was in 3rd grade. I could barely write three lines of work within 5 minutes. Jace is way more better than I was in writing at the same age. He is an awesome kid with great potential. With the abundant opportunities that the society is to offer, I have every reason to believe he could achieve a successful and meaningful life.