Like many I was forced to take Piano at a young age and hated it. But it really didn't help that my teacher was terrible, and living in a small town there wasn't any other option but her. Then in grade 7 a new piano/guitar teacher came to town and my parents gave me the option of continuing with piano with her, or switching to guitar. I made the switch to guitar and have never looked back.
I'm definitely going to be forcing my kids into a musical instrument