In this episode I interview Maggie Baird, an artist, songwriter, actress, and mother to GRAMMY-award winning artists Billie Eilish and FINNEAS. Maggie shares stories of the relationally-focused music-making of their family as the kids grew up. She also highlights the importance of following our children’s interests. Music education researcher Dr. Elizabeth Cassidy Parker responds with insights on the value of providing adolescents with space for exploration and the spaces that open when we listen to the young people in our lives.

Maggie Baird’s non-profit, Support and Feed

Learn more about the music and work of FINNEAS and Billie Eilish 

Dr. Parker’s book, Adolescents on Music

Dr. Lisa Huisman Koops’s book, Parenting Musically

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