I read a piece in the New York Times yesterday about how to raise a creative child. There were no major revelations, but it was a gentle reminder to ease up on rules, encourage hobbies that the child has genuine curiosity in and seek out coaches and teachers who make learning (from ping pong to pythagoras) fun. ‘”“The theory of relativity occurred to me by intuition, and music is the driving force behind this intuition,” Albert Einstein reflected. His mother enrolled him in violin lessons starting at age 5, but he wasn’t intrigued. His love of music only blossomed as a teenager, after he stopped taking lessons and stumbled upon Mozart’s sonatas. “Love is a better teacher than a sense of duty,” he said.