Bikes & Scooters: Tween
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Riding a Bike W/out Training Wheels
Asked by T.G. from Boston
on May 30, 2009
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Hi Moms, How many of your 7 year olds are riding a bike without training wheels? my just turned 7 year old daughter is very hesitant to learn to ride a bike. She wi...
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- Hi T., You've got a lot of advice, most people telling you to let your daugther follow her own timeline. I agree with that. I suggest getting her on a scooter, if ...
- Hi T., Like anything else, the more she does it the faster she'll learn. Lot's of kids your daughter's age can't ride a bike without training wheels yet. Obviousl...
- Hi, My daughter just learned w.out training wheels.She is six but my son was about 9 when he learned.Everyone is different.
Riding a Bike
Asked by S.D. from Phoenix
on October 22, 2010
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I am so beside myself on what it takes to teach a 10 year old how to ride a bike ?Is this a difficult thing ? My child has no balance at all. We have tried various t...
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- My seven yo grandson has been trying to ride a bike since he was 4. He's just plain unable to ride a bike. He also is not well coordinated, physically. He's awkward,...
- Wow, 10 and just learning? I think it's probably harder to teach an older kid because they KNOW what it feels like to crash and burn so she is probably more scared th...
- I'll second the idea of taking off both pedals and training wheels. It forces a child to balance themselves just using their feet to scoot around. 1. Show her how yo...
Would You Let Your 11 Year Old....
Asked by C.R. from Kansas City
on May 11, 2012
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My eleven year old daughter will be starting middle school in the fall. Would you allow her to walk 1.3 miles to and from school with a friend? I feel it is too risky ...
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- If you don't feel safe about doing it then don't and pay the transportation fee. My daughter is self sufficient and would have no issue with it. She's a black be...
- NO! Maybe you and the other mom can take turns driving them.
- Based on what you're telling us, NO, you should not let her walk. My 7 year old is 52 inches tall and 51 lbs. There is no way she could defend herself against a pred...
12 Year Old Boys>>> HELP
Asked by L.D. from Detroit
on July 9, 2011
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I have a 12 year old that will be 13. He is going into the 8th grade. He is a very good child until it comes to girls, facebook and cell phones. Help
What time does ...
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- I know most parents allow their kids to use cell phones and social networking. However I will not. There is just too much temptation. Too many creeps out there and ...
- Don't pay for the privilege anymore. Make him earn it by doing jobs and chores around the house. If he does x amount of work, then he gets x amount of time on a prepai...
- My son is 13, and also going into the 8th grade. He has no facebook, and he got a cell phone last Christmas. It hasn't been a problem at all, except that he never tu...
13 Year Old Hermit
Asked by D.B. from Eau Claire
on March 14, 2012
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My 13 year old son is a hermit. He rarely likes to leave the house. He would much rather stay at home and play video or computer games. We do force him to leave the...
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- I just know that in 5 years you are gonna be posting a question about your 18 yo son that you are afraid he is not gonna graduate and has no motivation to do anything...
- there's nothing wrong with introversion. lack of preschool does not stunt social skills, introverts are introverts. it's cool to be an introvert. what troubles me i...
- Video and computer games have been proven to have an addictive quality to them. They are escapist media, and so a child going through puberty might prefer to disappear...
How to Teach Riding a Bike
Asked by H.F. from Washington DC
on November 2, 2009
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Compared to many other requests, this may seem like quite a shallow concern. However, my daughter has not learned to ride a two-wheeler bicycle like most of her frien...
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- H., This was our sure-fire way to teach our boys. They have both been on a 2-wheeler since 3 years old and are killer bike riders! 1) Take off the pedals! Yes, the...
- Hi H., I know this sounds simplistic, but I've seen it work. Tell her to keep pedalling. It's easier to balance if she's in motion. So try giving her a little push ...
- My daughter just learned how to ride a two wheeler last Spring, 3 months shy of her 8th birthday!!! One day she took the two wheeler out of the garage and said "I'm g...
13 YO Took His Phone Swimming, What Now?
Asked by A.C. from Colorado Springs
on June 16, 2009
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We have a cell phone for our 13 YO son. He likes to go further than we can yell & is most often on a bike or skateboard & not AT anyone's house so he's not easy to get...
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- Hi A., Boy, that stinks! Those phones can be pricey. Someone suggested freecycle, I belong to the group here in the springs and they don't have restrictions on cert...
- Everyone makes mistakes so don't beat him up too much. I dropped my phone in the toilet with toilet bowl cleaner in it and it worked once it dried out. I just took it ...
- If you decide to replace it, I was once able to buy a used phone from one of those Verizon retailers (not the actual Verizon store - Zoom or something?). It was a few...
I Need Help with My 10 Year Old Daughter!!!!
Asked by P.R. from New York
on May 23, 2012
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I am a mother of 2 daugters 11 and 7. They both have very different characters.
I stayed at home for 10 years to be there for them and raise them up the way I wanted,...
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- Where is her motivation to succeed or please you? It seems that she gets everything without the appreciation for the work involved in paying for that item. You are...
- 1. Ask your daughters to round up the things they no longer use and have a yard sale and/or donate them (in my town, the Salvation Army is VERY appreciative of gently ...
- Great advice from the mom's before me, I'm not going to duplicate. You say you want a system and punishments that work; it begins with the word NO. No, you may not h...
12 Year Old Daughter Walking to and from School
Asked by M.F. from Charlotte
on May 26, 2012
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My 12 year old daughter wants to start walking to school, I'm scared, I told her I would think about it, but now I'm not sure, because you never know what can happen o...
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- When I was 12 I walked to and from school. It was about 1.7 miles. I never crossed any road over two lanes each way and my neighbor hood was right next to the admini...
- Things have changed since we were kids. The crime rate against both children and adults has declined significantly since the 1970s. Kids now are actually safer than we...
- I hear ya. If your gut tells you no, then don't do it. At 12, you make the rules for her, she doesn't. Heck, I don't even let my kids play in my backyard without m...
Teaching a 2 1/2 Yr Old to Ride a Bike
Asked by K.W. from Chicago
on September 29, 2008
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My husband and I are trying to teach my son how to ride a bike. he does not understand forward and backward I believe. When he gets around once he pushes him feet ba...
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- I think he may be too young. Pedaling is not an easy concept to grasp. My daughter didn't get it until she was over age 3, and my son will be 3 this week, and he can...
- He might just be still too young. Are you using a tricycle or Big Wheel? I'd start there first and/ or give it another year. : )
- Use training wheels.
