no, NO CHOICE, YOU WILL LIKE THIS

If you ever had children, would you encourage them to like certain things? Whether it's media, hobbies, lifestyles or whatever? What are they?

If you aren't planning on having children, then just pretend your parents suddenly made you a new babay sibling like magic, idk just PRETEND OKAY

I would encourage them to like Pokemon. /inb4
I'd also encourage them to take an interest in nature and biology.

I'd encourage them to like Pokemon. If not, video games in general. I'd also encourage them to go after what interests them in the media, as long as it doesn't get them into trouble.

I would not force them to like anything, I would much rather let them explore and come up with there own interests. It would be much better that way, everyone deserves free will.

when I had my little girl I didn't force her to like anything. She choice to like the things she likes and that is okay with me.

I laughed at this title because this describes exactly how I'll probably be with some things. I'm like this already with some of my friends. x___x

I'd be all for allowing them to grow and develop as an individual, choosing what they like and what they don't, but I can totally see me pushing them to like something that I've liked. Like Harry Potter! If they don't grow to like that series (among a few other things), I'm disowning them.

I can also see myself trying to get them to be extremely well-rounded to prepare for college, which they will attend (that's something I'm serious about, unlike what I said above about Harry Potter; they won't have a choice regarding the matter so long as they're living under my roof). They'd try to achieve top grades in all their classes (with my hoping they'd be placed in AP classes), pick up a sport, pick up a musical instrument, and be actively involved in various (3-5+) extra-curricular activities.

They'd also be volunteering in the community in preparation for networking and resumes.

I've never really thought about this. I suppose I'd like to be the kind of person who wouldn't insist on anything, but I'd probably try to get my hypothetical child to be interested in doing creative and/or performance things rather than, say, sports or just watching television. I'd want them to have some kind of healthy outlet to express themselves, but I don't care for most sports and would be annoyed to have to get involved in them. I'd like to think that I could go with most things a kid would take an interest in.

I'd encourage them to get lots of experience with a lot of stuff. They'll probably find something they like themselves.

I would always try and encourage them to do the things they are interested in. I wouldn't want to be a bad parent.

I'd certainly point these hypothetical kids in the direction of things I like (classic films and TV etc.) but if it becomes clear that they aren't liking them, I certainly won't continue to force feed culture to them. If they end up liking stuff I'm diametrically opposed to, then that's fine, as long as they're happy.

I'd like to think that I could be the kind of father that just sits back and lets them find out who they are as an individual - and for the most part I would be, because there's nothing worse than having a parent try to force you to be what they want you to be - but at the same time when it comes to the little things like what TV shows they'd watch or books they'd read etc, I don't think I'd be able to help myself. I would have to introduce them to tons of Pokemon, Buffy and Harry Potter. There's just no way I let them go unexposed to such genius.