Which musical instrument should your child learn?

As parents grapple with making the right or best educational decisions for their children, the questions about learning a musical instrument will often come up. A very common question I get asked is: which instrument is the best one to learn for my child's cognitive development? This is because choosing the "right" musical instrument isn't so much about how the instrument itself impacts and improves brain function, but how the child who is learning it connects and interacts with that instrument. For your child to get the full musical and cognitive benefits from learning a musical instrument, it's about matching the right instrument for the right child.