Things you wished your kids loved

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Just tried to force entice DD (4) to watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with me and she hated it. To be fair I think shes a few years too young yet but she's the last of 3 kids and the other 2 hated it. They also weren't as fussed on Roald Dhal books as I'd hope.

Mary Poppins is another film I really wanted to watch with them as kids that they hated so I'm leaving DD another while before trying that one!

So, apart from the obvious (veggies, healthy food etc) what did you hope your kids would love that they refuse to, no matter how hard you try?

I will also add bikes to the list, they just don't like them.
And the beach.

Spicy food
Courgettes/aubergines
Reading (this only goes for one, tbf)
Walking

Fish. No one apart from me will eat fish... they also wretch at the smell...
Aubergines
Mushrooms
Courgettes
Sweet potato
Feta
.......

However Dd does at least love a good chick film, snuggled on the sofa with her mummy!

Lie ins

Sandwiches...

Dc1 refuses to eat them. It's a complete pain especially if we're out and about and want to pick up a quick lunch.

None of them like trains, it makes me wonder if they are actually related to me. The youngest doesn't like a Muppet Christmas Carol, devastated as it's my favourite Christmas film.

One of mine dies not like ice cream, cake or hit chocolate. Is she my child? She also won't watch films.
Lovely food.
Making diaries and scrapbooks. I loved that when I was younger. I am always buying them books to record their memories, achievements, happy times, things they like. End up in a corner of the dining room.

Ditto sandwiches!
Also:
Heights. I want someone to go on tree climbing/ high wire type jaunts with me but - no joy.
Fayres/ fetes (too many people)
Camping (too much hassle. No WiFi)
Pie

Smokey and the Bandit - won that one
Harry Potter - won that one
Pingu - they tolerated it (come on!)
Reading - only 1 got the 'buzz' of reading
Biology - got 1 totally into it
Camping - yep
Comic cons - got 4 into it
Beaches/surfing - yep

Hot chocolate. I always feel like "proper" mothers give their DC hot chocolate when they come in from playing outside in the winter. I could make it but it would never get drunk.
Warm clothes. DD is always hot and wearing at least one layer less than everyone else. She wore ankle socks & a skirt to school all of last year, including when there was snow on the ground, and I only wash her cardigan at the end of every half term as it just hangs on her peg. It's not so bad she's now in junior school as I feel that people realise this must be her choice but I used to feel like a terrible mother when she was a toddler, especially as I feel the cold so would be all bundled up.

Reading - they have too much else entertainment and don't know the pleasure of getting lost in a book.

Reading
Wider variety of food
Tramping about the countryside
Warm clothes too, donkeys dc went to school in bare legs when it was - 7!!! (on less cold occasions I used to self consciously ask loudly "would you like to wear your COAT darling?" whenever another parent was in earshot to prove I was aware of the cold and dc DID HAVE THE OPTION OF WEARING A COAT)

Horses.
Sylvanian families.

Singing.

And music in general.

I come from a very musical family and my childhood was full of classical music, both listening to and playing.

BOTH DDs struggle to hold a tune. I despair

Walking. I love going for walks in the woods, countryside, around town, anywhere. DS1 can now at 4 just about manage 10 minutes before he starts whining.

Harry Potter 😩 non of them do, dd watched a bit with me yesterday but got bored really quickly. All the adults in the house like it. My lil brother (11) loves it but lives miles away so can’t really enjoy it with him 😐
My DS loves the 90’s music but dd and Dsis don’t they think it’s stupid music...l

Wish DS liked football. He is autistic which means I can’t always drag him him along to watch my sis play. He’s been good the first few matches.

Scary rides! I'd love a family day out to a good theme park but my kids are such wimps that my daughter cried on the young kids rollercoaster at legoland. Disney in Florida was such a waste of time!

Reading, at my DDS age I was reading every Stephen king book I could find.

Hot drinks, I'd love to taker her for a hot chocolate but she can't stand hot drinks.

And yes theme park rides!

We went to Siam park, amazing but she hated it 😩

Sprouts 😁

Musicals including the West End.

Reading.

Walking the dog.

Having tidy bedrooms.

Playing board games (following the actual rules).

I remember my poor dad desperately trying to get us into birdwatching. We were members of the young orthniologists (spelling?), got taken to lots of very boring hides and nature reserves and it just didn't catch on.

I am 37 now and bought some binoculars last year. So he got there in the end.

A cup of tea. DD is 12, I really want to share with her the joy of a cuppa on the sofa with a book or a film. But nope, she tries it occasionally, she’s having none of it.

School

I really expected DD to love Narnia series (which I still love, for all the Christian stuff), but she really never took to them. She also used to like Marvel films but has gone right off them. I think DH wishes DS loved or indeed had any capacity at all in maths!

Sleeping! Sleeping in and being lazy