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I don't have kids so probably not a valid opinion but...
My mum, from a non-horsey but farming family, was horse daft as was (am) I but my sister was never interested. I think I was about 5 or 6 when we were given the use of a Shetland and then my mum & dad bought a family pony for my mum, my sister and I. My sister would ride and crashed my lessons but had no interest in the care or work side- only boasting about having ponies!
I still have horses and having all given up in 2008 my mum bought another horse in 2012. Everything I've had horse related I've worked for and gone without/made sacrifices for as is my choice. A friend at school had it "on a plate" as her family were well off, her family all rode and hunted but once she hit mud teens she gave up on and off. It's been a discussion amongst my friends that all of us that have had to "fight/work" to have horses still have them but friends that were "luckier" no longer have any involvement with horses.
I've been willing to give my niece it all "on a plate" but she's just not that keen despite my brainwashing and bribery! She's nearly 8 now, likes horses well enough and enjoys having a shot on mine and mum's (her Nan) horses but has no real interest in having her own or doing anything resembling work! Competive dancing is more her thing.
So in short I think kids either have "it" for horses or don't and it can't be forced.
My mum, from a non-horsey but farming family, was horse daft as was (am) I but my sister was never interested. I think I was about 5 or 6 when we were given the use of a Shetland and then my mum & dad bought a family pony for my mum, my sister and I. My sister would ride and crashed my lessons but had no interest in the care or work side- only boasting about having ponies!
I still have horses and having all given up in 2008 my mum bought another horse in 2012. Everything I've had horse related I've worked for and gone without/made sacrifices for as is my choice. A friend at school had it "on a plate" as her family were well off, her family all rode and hunted but once she hit mud teens she gave up on and off. It's been a discussion amongst my friends that all of us that have had to "fight/work" to have horses still have them but friends that were "luckier" no longer have any involvement with horses.
I've been willing to give my niece it all "on a plate" but she's just not that keen despite my brainwashing and bribery! She's nearly 8 now, likes horses well enough and enjoys having a shot on mine and mum's (her Nan) horses but has no real interest in having her own or doing anything resembling work! Competive dancing is more her thing.
So in short I think kids either have "it" for horses or don't and it can't be forced.