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So with this great Fall Weather ------what are you doing?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 551550" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Step, I didn't learn until I was right about Darrin's age. It was a major source of embarrassment for me as a child. The desire was there, just no one bothered to teach me. Also spent the vast majority of time with grandma and she had no place to keep a bike if I had one. One summer, at Darrin's age I got stubborn, and sick of being tormented by my sibs and every other child in the neighborhood. After nearly killing myself a million times.......and every kid within a 2 block radius trying to show me how......I eventually taught myself. </p><p></p><p>easy child's house is on a side street with no sidewalk. Riding in the road is normally an option on a street such as hers except idiots tend to come down that street at 50 mph. At prime learning age, they were renting her mother in law's house and there was no where Darrin could learn at all. They're now back to their own house with the no sidewalk. BUT less than a half block away is an unused enormous parking lot where Darrin could learn to ride. I pointed this out to them about 10 times in the spring. Finally, due to lack of interest on their part, I had Darrin bring his bike here. He needs to build up his leg muscles for a while anyway. Although he's reached the age where fear is shadowing desire......... I've threatened to make those training wheels disappear. He's not using them as much as he thinks he is anyway. But I'm still in the process of teaching him that falling down isn't the end of the world. ugh Darrin has the desire to learn, fear is now getting in his way. Plus, sister in law is big on motorcycles, dirt bikes and the like......and I know Darrin would love to ride a dirt bike. Well you can't do that if you can't balance a two wheeler on your own. </p><p></p><p>Aubrey finally has somewhere she can both learn and ride. So far she's lacking the desire, but then she doesn't have a bike that fits her anymore either. I did warn Nichole that the older the child gets the harder it is to teach because of the fear factor. But I somehow see me making this a competition between Aubrey and Darrin next summer to see who can learn to ride first to get both of them motivated. I know it seems like a no big deal skill to have. Yet look at gas prices. It's a darn good skill to have. Not to mention good exercise and good clean childhood fun. I did tell Darrin that once he learns he can ride down the alley and then ride in front of my house instead of his own. He loves his bike, he's just scared to death to get those training wheels off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 551550, member: 84"] Step, I didn't learn until I was right about Darrin's age. It was a major source of embarrassment for me as a child. The desire was there, just no one bothered to teach me. Also spent the vast majority of time with grandma and she had no place to keep a bike if I had one. One summer, at Darrin's age I got stubborn, and sick of being tormented by my sibs and every other child in the neighborhood. After nearly killing myself a million times.......and every kid within a 2 block radius trying to show me how......I eventually taught myself. easy child's house is on a side street with no sidewalk. Riding in the road is normally an option on a street such as hers except idiots tend to come down that street at 50 mph. At prime learning age, they were renting her mother in law's house and there was no where Darrin could learn at all. They're now back to their own house with the no sidewalk. BUT less than a half block away is an unused enormous parking lot where Darrin could learn to ride. I pointed this out to them about 10 times in the spring. Finally, due to lack of interest on their part, I had Darrin bring his bike here. He needs to build up his leg muscles for a while anyway. Although he's reached the age where fear is shadowing desire......... I've threatened to make those training wheels disappear. He's not using them as much as he thinks he is anyway. But I'm still in the process of teaching him that falling down isn't the end of the world. ugh Darrin has the desire to learn, fear is now getting in his way. Plus, sister in law is big on motorcycles, dirt bikes and the like......and I know Darrin would love to ride a dirt bike. Well you can't do that if you can't balance a two wheeler on your own. Aubrey finally has somewhere she can both learn and ride. So far she's lacking the desire, but then she doesn't have a bike that fits her anymore either. I did warn Nichole that the older the child gets the harder it is to teach because of the fear factor. But I somehow see me making this a competition between Aubrey and Darrin next summer to see who can learn to ride first to get both of them motivated. I know it seems like a no big deal skill to have. Yet look at gas prices. It's a darn good skill to have. Not to mention good exercise and good clean childhood fun. I did tell Darrin that once he learns he can ride down the alley and then ride in front of my house instead of his own. He loves his bike, he's just scared to death to get those training wheels off. [/QUOTE]
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