Why you should sing to your kids even if your voice sucks
Illustration: Rachel Idzerda
I?m a terrible singer. But that doesn?t mean I never do it. When I?m driving, for example, I sing along at the top of my lungs to my favourite songs on the radio?as long as there are no passengers to witness the musical mangling.
But being completely tone-deaf is a non-issue when you?re singing to your young children. Newborns, of course, have no frame of reference when it comes to musical ability, so you can freely serenade them without the pressure of feeling like you?re auditioning for The Voice. Words like ?pitch,? ?tone? and ?talent? are years away from entering their vocabulary, so you?ve got time on your side.
Remember, these tiny beings spent many months inside their mother?s womb, sloshing around in amniotic fluid and hearing all sorts of strange, guttural noises that actually helped put them to sleep. So there?s a good chance your warbling, off-key version of Sam Smith?s ?Stay With Me? is actually quite soothing and comforting. If the sound of mom?s gurgling digestive juices helped baby doze off, then the bar is set pretty low for you as a singer. According to experts, a baby?s hearing is fully developed by the third trimester, so it?s a good idea to start singing to your little one in the final weeks of pregnancy. That wall of fluid and placenta may actually serve as the perfect buffer zone to allow your kid to acclimatize to your singing voice.
So sing to your kids freely, loudly and unselfconsciously. But be careful which songs you ...
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