When it comes to music lessons it takes the collaboration of three people to find success: the student, the teacher and the parent. So often we overlook the importance of the parent's role in motivating and nurturing their child to do their best. With experience you will find that there is a lot of variety in the way that parents approach piano lessons. We’ve come up with the six most common parent personalities and break down their characteristics and the pros and cons of each approach. We also share some of our personal stories of parent interactions both good and bad.