<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A child's song can be damaged by ridicule long... > A child's song can be damaged by ridicule long before technical ability has time to develop. Encouragement protects experimentation without requiring adults to pretend that every early performance is finished mastery. **Source:** [[livestreams/Central Park, Imagination, and the Courage to Defy the Script - Workbook|Central Park, Imagination, and the Courage to Defy the Script]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A child's song can be damaged by ridicule long before technical ability has time to develop. Encouragement protects experimentation without requiring adults to pretend that every early performance is finished mastery.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-childs-song-damaged-performance-finished-mastery ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->