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I work with Stimson's pythons, which are closely related to Childrens. Most will eventually respond to tease feeding. For those that don't, I rinse live pinky mice in water- no soap. Then I dip them in raw egg yolk. Sometimes it helps to isolate the snake and the mouse in a deli cup overnight, sometimes it doesn't. Nearly all of them will take live pinkies eventually. Scenting with geckos doesn't seem to help, but they love live geckos (I also have a very productive colony of mourning geckos).
Different individuals respond to different feeding techniques. Teasing the snake with the mouse is important. Some respond if you hold the mouse up to the nose, some respond when you caress it's neck with the mouse, others respond when you jiggle the mouse madly in front of it. It takes persistence and patience. I very rarely have to resort to force feeding- only as a last ditch effort to keep the snake alive.
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