To accompany 500+ Things Kids Like, here’s a list of 100+ things that kids don’t consider their favorites.  Of course there’s probably some kids out there who drool over asparagus, and those who climb into bed without protest, but in general, this list is filled with things children want to avoid.  I hope it helps jump-start your creativity.

  1. Anchovies
  2. Arguments
  3. Asparagus
  4. Bats (Disclaimer: my seven-year-old loves bats.)
  5. Bedtime
  6. Bee Stings
  7. Being Grounded (Punished)
  8. Being Picked Last for a Team
  9. Being Unpopular
  10. Being Scared
  11. Being Sick
  12. Being Teased
  13. Bleu Cheese
  14. Braces
  15. Broccoli
  16. Brussels Sprouts
  17. Bullies
  18. Caviar
  19. Celery
  20. Chicken Pox
  21. Chores
  22. Cleaning up
  23. Confessing
  24. Copycats
  25. Cooties
  26. Crushes
  27. The Dentist
  28. Detention
  29. Divorce
  30. Embarrassing Parents
  31. Escargot
  32. Exams/Tests
  33. Failing
  34. Feeling Left Out
  35. A Fever
  36. The Flu
  37. Fungus
  38. Getting Cheeks Pinched
  39. Giving Up
  40. Glasses
  41. Gorgonzola
  42. Growing Pains
  43. Gum on Their Shoes
  44. Haircuts
  45. Headaches
  46. Homework
  47. Hot Pepper
  48. Lectures
  49. Lima Beans
  50. Long Car Rides
  51. Losing
  52. Loud Noises
  53. Making Their Beds
  54. Measles
  55. Medicine
  56. Millipedes
  57. Monsters
  58. Mosquito Bites
  59. Moving
  60. Nightcrawlers
  61. Not Knowing Another’s Secret
  62. Onions
  63. Paper Cuts
  64. Parsley
  65. Pea Soup
  66. Pop Quizzes
  67. Posing for Portraits
  68. Potty Training
  69. Quiet
  70. Retainers
  71. Sharing
  72. Shopping/Errands
  73. Shots (Vaccinations)
  74. Skinned Knees
  75. Siblings
  76. Sitting Still
  77. Smashed Pumpkins
  78. Speaking in front of the class
  79. Spinach
  80. Sticky Hands
  81. Substitute Teachers
  82. Sushi
  83. Talking to Grown-ups
  84. Tattle Tales
  85. Teacher’s Pets
  86. Tickle Torture
  87. Trying Something New
  88. Tummy Aches
  89. Turning Off the TV
  90. Turtleneck Sweaters
  91. Unfamiliar Places
  92. Unusual Foods
  93. Vice Principals
  94. Waiting
  95. Walking
  96. Washing Their Faces
  97. Watching the News
  98. Wearing Bike Helmets/Protective Pads
  99. Wedgies
  100. Winter Hats
  101. Wool Sweaters
  102. Writing Reports
  103. Younger Siblings Pestering Them