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Post by rocko on Mar 18, 2008 14:04:51 GMT -5
my 5 year old is FINALLY riding his bike. He still cant turn around, but he is moving....
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Post by JC on Mar 18, 2008 14:06:04 GMT -5
will is 7 today, and STILL cant ride without them i dont know what to do at this point, other than let him figure it out on his own.
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Post by Mod (PQ-Kermie) on Mar 18, 2008 14:12:54 GMT -5
take off the training wheels
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Post by JC on Mar 18, 2008 14:16:22 GMT -5
they have been off... he just doesnt ride now.
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Post by Mod (PQ-Kermie) on Mar 18, 2008 14:22:57 GMT -5
I have found they usually will learn when they see other kids doing it. They want to join in and will try harder to learn. Also spend a lot of time walking behind him and encouraging him. If that doesn't work.. aim him down a good size hill Some of us got pushed in a pool and learned how to swim
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Post by JC on Mar 18, 2008 14:25:41 GMT -5
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Post by murdock on Mar 18, 2008 14:36:57 GMT -5
You could also pull the training wheels up to a higher setting on the bike so that he can ride with the assistance of the training wheel without completely relying on them until he feels confident.
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Post by rocko on Mar 18, 2008 14:37:15 GMT -5
I could have run his bike over 6 months ago. I put the damn thing in my friends shed and left it. "it's too hard" he says...I could ride a big kid bike at 4...too hard my ass.
Anyway....I am sched. a play date with a friend of his...we are going to take their bikes and meet at a big church parking lot near their house and use their need to compete to get them to ride better.
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Post by jules on Mar 18, 2008 14:38:27 GMT -5
i still remember my dad teaching me how to ride my bike without training wheels. he'd follow me, holding onto the back, promising not to let go. i'd ask if he was holding on, and he'd say he was. even when after a while he wasn't. but he was still behind me. by the time i realized he wasn't holding on anymore, i was riding on my own.
if that isn't a metaphor for good parenting, i don't know what is.
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Post by murdock on Mar 18, 2008 14:39:33 GMT -5
i still remember my dad teaching me how to ride my bike without training wheels. he'd follow me, holding onto the back, promising not to let go. i'd ask if he was holding on, and he'd say he was. even when after a while he wasn't. but he was still behind me. by the time i realized he wasn't holding on anymore, i was riding on my own. if that isn't a metaphor for good parenting, i don't know what is. this is exactally what my dad did ;D
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Post by rocko on Mar 18, 2008 15:47:13 GMT -5
he has training wheels on and was saying it was too hard to pedal....give me a frickin break.
little punk would rather play video games all the time.
Dammit he will go out and play.
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Post by murdock on Mar 18, 2008 16:17:08 GMT -5
When I was young I was outside everday. I would rush home... do my homework and then run out of the house and play with my friends till the street lights came on.
Take the video game away until he learns how to ride. You have to show them how to align the pedals so that they can push off and get moving.... my son had the same problem. You also need to show them how to break. If you have some patients and think like a kid... you can help him figure it out.
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Post by rocko on Mar 18, 2008 16:22:05 GMT -5
We have all tried. We are thrilled with his ability to ride in a straight line now. He is excited about it. Next step is learning how to turn....We have discussed if he can learn to ride really well we will get him a new bike for his birthday and pass that one down to his brother. He wants a new Tennessee Vols bike.
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