The few dozen seconds when the piano music stopped. What my daughter taught me about the importance of believing in a child's hidden potential

Yesterday was my daughter's piano recital.

Helping out, I was moved by the incredible quality of my daughter's teaching ability.

Since this was the fourth recital, the students who have been attending consistently have grown so much, which was also moving, but what I found amazing about my daughter's teaching was her ability to trust her students and wait for them.

Students participating for the first time, or very young students, sometimes stop in the middle of their performance, perhaps due to nervousness.

Some students manage to pull themselves together and continue playing, but others panic and look to their teacher or parents for help.

What does my daughter, the teacher, do in those moments?

Watching her, I saw that she didn't panic, but instead watched her students with warm, encouraging eyes.

From the audience, I could feel that not only the child's own parents, but all the parents of the students were watching with bated breath, as if it were their own child.

At the same time, I could feel their supportive feelings of 'You can do it!' radiating toward the stage.

It was only a matter of a few dozen seconds, but on the recital stage, it felt like a long time had passed.

Then, perhaps realizing they had to do it themselves, the panicked student would regain their composure and resume playing.

I felt so relieved.

After the performance, there was loud applause.

I think some teachers might have reached out to help at that moment.

In the past, I have seen many times where a teacher walked over to a student who had stopped playing and performed with them.

While that is a heartwarming sight in its own way, it leaves me with mixed feelings when I consider the student's perspective.

That student was never able to play on their own after that.

I worry that they might always dwell on the fact that they failed at the recital.

Of course, some children are able to move on, so it is not necessarily the case that every child will dwell on it.

I believe that for my daughter's student this time, the fact that they failed but managed to play through to the end on their own will lead to a great sense of confidence.

I imagine the parents were also happy to feel that sense of their child's hidden potential.

Normally, one would want to reach out and help in a situation like this, but it is also important to believe in a child's strength.

Just like in the previous rehearsal, my daughter taught me that believing is a wonderful thing.

I also feel proud of my daughter for growing into such an adult.

Even though I, as a parent, didn't teach her anything.

This can be applied to business, such as training subordinates or coaching students, and it also applies to close family relationships, like with a husband, and everyday life.

I also want to believe in my husband and the people I am involved with.

First, I will start by resisting the urge to interfere and trying to leave things to them!

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