I knew a kid whose parents forced him to learn the violin. It was a social status thing, doubtless wrapped up in "it's good for you and you'll thank us" but it

I knew a kid whose parents forced him to learn the violin. It was a social status thing, doubtless wrapped up in "it's good for you and you'll thank us" but it really was about them and jacking up their social standing a bit, and he didn't get a choice of instrument because violin had more social cachet so he got a violin and violin lessons. He totally hated it. This was in the UK some decades ago.