Making a Joyful Noise: The Potential Role of Music Making in the Well-Being of Young Families

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Music Matters This paper explores the role that music might play in building a world in which young families thrive. At its heart is this idea: music matters because it fosters relationships, exercises a range of emotions, builds expressive skills including language, sparks learning, and preserves and celebrates cultural heritage and a sense of belonging. It works across people, activities, and settings, offering a promising, and too often underused, resource for mutual ties and human development.

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