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> 林さんはピアノが好きで、子供にも小さいときからずっと
>
>   1. 習っていた。
>   2. 習わせていた。
>

For the statement above I chose 1 to be the correct answer, it was the wrong
choice, 2 is the correct one. Can someone explain why 1 is wrong and 2 is
correct?

Meaning:

  1. Hayashi-san loves playing the piano, he started at a young age and continued learning till now
  2. Hayashi-san loves playing the piano, he started at a young age and continued forced learning till now
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林さんはピアノが好きで、子供にも小さいときからずっと、、、
You answered incorrectly because you ignored 子供にも. Without this 子供にも, your
first interpretation would have been just fine.

> 林さんはピアノが好きで、 ~~子供にも~~ 小さいときからずっと習っていた。  
>  Hayashi-san likes the piano, and he has been learning it ever since he was
> small.

However, the actual sentence _does_ have 子供にも, and this 子供 refers to Hayashi-
san's child. With 子供にも, the first choice starts to look very weird:

> 林さんはピアノが好きで、 **子供にも** 小さいときからずっと習っていた。  
>  Hayashi-san likes the piano, and he has been learning it **also from his
> child** ever since he (Hayashi-san) was small.  
>  (AにBを習う = to learn B from A)

This is "grammatically" correct, but semantically strange. It is impossible
for a child to learn something from their own son or daughter who has not been
born yet.

In your sentence, this 子供にも has a different role. That is, marking the agent
(causee) of a causative verb. The following is the causative construction you
needed to notice:

> 子供 **に** (ピアノ **を** )習わせる  
>  to make his child learn (the piano)

And the following is what the original sentence actually means:

> 林さんはピアノが好きで、子供 **に** も小さいときからずっと **習わせ** ていた。  
>  Hayashi-san likes the piano, and he has also **had his child learn it**
> ever since she was small.
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