My kid screams “un-let go” at me while balancing perfectly well. She understands, she does not accept.
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USNWoodwork@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What’s really hard is getting a 5 year old to understand this before you run out of energy from trying to hold their seat and run at the same time.
julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
superkret@feddit.org 2 days ago
That’s how I learned it. My dad got tired, let go and stopped.
I noticed it was suddenly much easier to pedal, so I turned around to see him standing 30ft behind me, then I crashed.
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
This is the way.
Getting my 5yo to accept that he can peddle and balance by himself; takes longer than the ability. He used to crash once he realized I had stopped balancing him, sometimes it would take a minute or more.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
It’s a lot easier if you get a balance bike first. They’ll naturally try coasting because that’s fun, so all they need to figure out is pedaling to move on to a real bike.
I did that with two kids, and it worked well both times.