Initially, I found a PA28 (Warrior) more difficult to land than the 172 (I learned ab initio on the 152). I just couldn't grasp why the Warrior wanted to float so much until I was able to stop and think about it (low wing in ground effect, combined with holding too much speed as the stall warning sounded at a higher speed above the stall than the one in the 172). That said, neither are particularly difficult to land once you know how to do it.
The "approved" way to break a Cessna nosewheel is to hold too much speed on final, balloon during the flare, try to force the aircraft down onto the runway, bounce, try to push it down with the airspeed now decaying, bounce again, lose too much airspeed during the bounce and land nosewheel first with the elevator full back. If you do it well enough, you can damage the firewall as well! To not do this, you could add some power after the first bounce to control your speed then land properly, or go around (my preference).