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[–] USNWoodwork@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

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.

[–] julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

My kid screams "un-let go" at me while balancing perfectly well. She understands, she does not accept.