Kids almost automatically consider anything their parents want them to do as something that they are not going to want to do, just on principle. Frequently having tried something (often under protest) they may then (not immediately cos that would be admitting the parent had a point) find that they do like what they ahve been asked to try . They may not like it in the form they tried it but they will often go back to it of their own accord some time after the parent has long since stopped pushing it. I am convinced that our children like to prove us wrong, especially when you get asked questions about them and you have just said they don't like something (cos that's what they've been telling you for years). This is their opportunity pipe up and say "I do sometimes!" and make out like you know nothing about them.