Parents and grandparents: do you want the benefit of music lessons for your child or grandchild? Many studies show how music improves self-discipline, thinking skills, spatial reasoning, creative abilities and more. However, with the number of activities and distractions most kids and families face, how do you fit in a quality music education for a generation that is busy and media-possessed? Music for Kids answers the "why" music education is so important, then the "how and when" to start a child in music lessons. It also makes a strong case for piano or keyboard instruction and its many benefits. Katie and Rachel, the main characters in the book, are good friends, now both raising young children. We drop in on their easy to follow conversations as they discover and communicate the importance of providing music education for their children. Two bonus chapters on how music can help relieve stress and the Mozart Effect are presented with facts and insights that shed even more light on the many benefits of music. Informative, yet entertaining~