How do I increase my child's likes in Year 4? (Farmer or Rancher)

[Syl]

So, I'm trying to influence my child to become either a Rancher or Farmer. All throughout year 3, when they were no longer a toddler, I started giving them a bunch of gifts and showing them farm related things. My daily gift/show off routine included turnip seeds, milk, butter, egg, a flower, sashimi, and various tools. It was small increments every day, but eventually by the time the year was done, my child's top two likes became Farming and Ranching. I had also maxed out all the NPCs who have been confirmed to positively influence farming/ranching

However, now that I am in Year 4, when they are a teen, the only gift i can give is just a flower, the rest i can still show off, but there is no longer any questions that probably influence either, it doesn't seem like any of that increases my child's likes stats anymore.

I guess my main question is: is there any way to influence my teen to become a farmer or rancher? I know being friends with people helps at the end of the year, and the Wishing Star event adds a minute increase, but i don't want to rely on just those two options if I can help it any

[Whimsy]

Going for Rancher, myself. I'm also kind of in the dark. Tried experimenting with gifts, now that I've begun Year 4. Interestingly enough, Matthew's daughter suggests I give Matthew the flowers and doesn't take them from me. She's both interested in and most skilled with Rancher.

She still accepts eggs from me, but not milk, so it's interesting that yours only takes flowers. I can give her more than one egg a day. This is the only Year 4 Rancher gift I've found so far.

Maybe it's something to do with the balance between interests versus skills?

Edit: It's worth noting that I'm not sure that my gifts are influencing anything. I do think, however, that since I just upgraded my barn and am buying more animals, her Rancher's becoming a little stronger. When I would work with Hybrid crops in Year 3, it influenced her Farmer on both sides quite a bit. (Shaking the trees, fertilizing, etc. apparently really gets her attention.)

[Syl]

Ok, so I've played a bit longer, and while I have seen very slight increase of Child's Likes in regards to farming, I don't think that's from gift giving. My child seems to go off to Vesta's farm for a bit and seems to do some work there. I suspect that might be what's causing their like of farming to increase, and even more importantly: their ability stat is also rising gradually.

[owl]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Syl:

Ok, so I've played a bit longer, and while I have seen very slight increase of Child's Likes in regards to farming, I don't think that's from gift giving. My child seems to go off to Vesta's farm for a bit and seems to do some work there. I suspect that might be what's causing their like of farming to increase, and even more importantly: their ability stat is also rising gradually.

I think the child's activities are simply caused by their growing likes, not the opposite. If this game stays true to the original, in Year 2 - 3, it is your activities that influence the child, as much as what items you show them. What you do, they copy, basically.

So, if you progress through your game by relying much on farming, like planting lots of seeds, messing around with hybrids, planting hybrid or custom/rare crops, fertilizing crops, and shaking fruit trees, those will have an effect on the child's likes.

In my game, although I bombard the child in Year 2 - 3 equally with farming and ranching items, the child's farming likes are the primary boosted. Ranching is also boosted, but not to a high degree. I suspect this is because I'm constantly doing hybrids and planting rare crops all year round.

[neo.matt]

influencing farmer;-growing crops,trees, shaking trees, using fertilizer by hand on crops, befriending vinnie, making lots of hybrids, befriending vesta, matthew, and cecillia, taking your child to vestas farm chapter 2, showing them planted crops, fruits (unless they don't like the crop/fruit),seeds fertiliser, sickle watering can and hoe (unless they afraid of it), vesta, matthew and cecillia, shipping crops thru the shipping bin, answering the farming questions with appropriate choice, limit using the seed maker as this influences academics

influencing Rancher:- have different animals, one female and one male of each gender, breeding animals, animal births, befriending takura, taking your child to the pasture, milking cows and goat, shearing sheep, brushing livestock, nuzzling animals, talking to animals, showing your child animals in chapter 2 unless they afraid (or with lumina's child hate) of that animal, show milker, brush clippers eggs (all kinds) milk (all kinds and ranks) shipping animal produce though the shipping bin feeding milk producing animals fodder+ (cows will need both fooder and fodder+ in their feed bins or they will get hungry)riding the horse , answer ranching questions appropriately avoid using the food processing room in chapters 2 and 3 as this influences academics,

sell only to van in chapter 1 or chapter 4 and beyond when he buys your produce you gain 0 influence due to selling privately, using the fertiliser spreader limits farming gains and influences academics, making fertiliser with the fertiliser maker also influences academics,

things to note:- it is BETTER to focus on either ranching or farming as a career path in the 1st 3 chapters as chapter 1 will set up the influencing, chapter 2 is spent showing your child and your income will need to be generated thru farming/ranching activites, due to the time you need to carry your child, buy a sheep and shear it in chapter 1,keep the wool so you can talk to your child with out it asking to be picked up in chapter 2, chapter 3 you be finishing up the set up and showing them a bigger variety of stuff as well as chasing them down, in a tie of career skill ranching takes priority over farming, so it better to have a one track mind, and with kids weaker in farming/ranching aspects it boosts the gains more to only work on one career path, in the 1st 3 chapters, then use chapter 4 and beyond to do what u want, it makes a hell of a difference

[Æthelred]

Wait, Lumina's child hate animals? My daughter with Lumina is weird then, she loves animals saying they're cute.

[Goldie]

All 38 Rare Crops:
I was playing around with the Rare Crops and noticed that they can be put in groups that resemble Child Likes-Abilities. Either way, crops are something you can show your child to increase their likes and abilities (like the blocks/toy car/sheet music/etc).

--Music--

Bell
Cymbal
Maraca
Castanet
Whistle
Ocarnia


--Athletics--

Disco Ball
Soccer Ball
Basketball
Football
Water Ball


--Academics (Science)--

Yellow Lightbulb
Red Lightbulb
Blue Lightbulb
Purple Lightbulb


--Art--

Paper Lantern
Tea Pot
Tea Cup

For Tea:
Ginseng
Turmeric
Garlic

With Tea:
Star Cookie
Doughnut
Candy


--Farming--

Legumes:
Field Bean
Snow Pea
Peanut

Ground Crops:
Gourd
Acorn Squash
Butternut Squash
Eggplant
Artichoke

Root Crops:
Red Onion
Naga Yam
White Yam
Parsnip
Raddish

[owl]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Goldie:

All 38 Rare Crops:
I was playing around with the Rare Crops and noticed that they can be put in groups that resemble Child Likes-Abilities. Either way, crops are something you can show your child to increase their likes and abilities (like the blocks/toy car/sheet music/etc).

--Music--

Bell
Cymbal
Maraca
Castanet
Whistle
Ocarnia


--Athletics--

Disco Ball
Soccer Ball
Basketball
Football
Water Ball


--Academics (Science)--

Yellow Lightbulb
Red Lightbulb
Blue Lightbulb
Purple Lightbulb


--Art--

Paper Lantern
Tea Pot
Tea Cup

For Tea:
Ginseng
Turmeric
Garlic

With Tea:
Star Cookie
Doughnut
Candy


--Farming--

Legumes:
Field Bean
Snow Pea
Peanut

Ground Crops:
Gourd
Acorn Squash
Butternut Squash
Eggplant
Artichoke

Root Crops:
Red Onion
Naga Yam
White Yam
Parsnip
Raddish

Woah, this is really helpful and such a nice hidden mechanic.
I showed some soccer ball and disco ball crops to my child in year 2, not knowing this, and in year 3, the child's athletics get a boost! I was wondering where that came from since I never bought the child any toys or befriended the athlete family.