I don't know about that.....as a kid my home was filled with all kinds of music, and my mom practically forced piano lessons down my throat......it didn't work, I gravitated towards ROCK - really loud stuff...perhaps it was an unconcious effort to agitate my parents. Then somewhere along the line I fell in love with an East German bloke, who'd studied in Russia and could wax lyrical about Gayaneh, Russlan and Ludmila. He introduced me to the Sabre Dance, Carmina Burana - and I in turn brought into his circle Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. We had an amicable relationship listening and learning, and discovering similarities in a variety of genres. The relationship died, but I still have the music......Then I spent a few months bumming around Europe....where concerts abound. Free too. You could go to St Pauls for Friday Evensong and be mesmerized, or sit out at a park and hear members of the Concertgebouw play....buskers were everywhere (often music students), people sat out at cafes and listened to great music and acquainted themselves with new pieces. Music is everywhere......you don't need someone to spoon feed it to you....it's in the record stores and you can go in for a free/trial listen....or sit out at the park and be entertained (never having visited USA - I can 't vouch for that end of the world) - or find it in malls, on TV (commercials love classical music) or in the movies...make the effort. My children will grow up listening to classical music, the vacuum cleaner, pop, rock and just about everything - but I'll not be able to guarantee that they will conciously like classical music or go out and support the industry. The start is already there.....just continue weaving and a tapestry will be formed. cheers, anu