Pat Hanna, Lebanese/ Jamaican, has a daughter Tyler, 13. She says:
 
"I remember all of the Jamaican music from when I was growing up. I'm first generation born here and we had a house divided into flats, but with only one main front door. It was very family orientated. We'd put on the gramophone and we had a radio. It was on every day. There was always music and people dancing, it was very informal. So, I played my daughter music from a young age on a very informal basis.

"My parents weren't particularly intellectual about their music but they were in a foreign land so the music was really important. There was that sense of identity and keeping the spirit alive.

"A lot of parents treat music like it's something you have to do. But you don't sit down and read books about it. My generation, the ones that were born here, have brought formal instrument music to the children. At the local music centre, they sing songs from different backgrounds. You're linking them into the world that they live in - England."
 
 
Vinita Tawakley, lives in London and was born in New Delhi. She has a daughter, Aarti, 13, and a son, Tarun, 17
 
"In India, I remember my mum singing all the time, we always had the radio on. And at home now we sing semi-classical songs and Hindi music from Bollywood films. We've got the Indian channel and I'd say 90% of our music is from films.

"In India, most children would play an instrument like sitar or tabla. They might also have traditional Indian classical dancing lessons. It's very different here, but if a few of us get together for dinner, invariably there would be singing. Someone would be asked to sing and they would be happy to do it.

"On mehindi night, before a wedding, where the women's hands are painted with henna, everybody sings and they compose those songs themselves.

"Tonight we're going to have a classical Indian musical evening and I'm taking my daughter. I've never had to encourage them. They love it. They even have Bollywood ringtones on their mobiles."
 
Maggs Maher is Irish and lives in Hertfordshire. Her three children are Dermot, eight, Orla, four, and Nicola, two years old.
 
"When I was growing up in Ireland, there was a good amount of music in the home, and I just pass it on. It could be there's more music in the Irish household, because I just think it's more part of the culture. Even nowadays in Ireland, people will just get their instruments out and have a session, which you don't really get so much over here.

"I think the world is getting more and more similar and you lose certain identities. In the generation before me they didn't have television and had to entertain themselves more. My parents had a lot of music and were very keen. We all did Irish dancing and I learnt the tin whistle. I can't just decide I want the children to do something because I am Irish. They have to express an interest as well. Here, none of their friends would do it. Their friends do ballet."