Best way to teach my son how to ride a bike?
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A grassy, gently sloping hill ending up with level ground at the bottom
79916
Try to encourage him by setting a good example yourself (reading, becoming sharper in your own skills, etc.); introducing him to the best quality of people you can find as friends; do things with him to develop the kind of relationship where he will listen to what you suggest; ask your son's school and teachers for ideas. Volunteer at your son's school - be around, be available, and be interested in all aspects of his life.
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I agree with you and used to (before baby) get around by bicycling, running myself. \n\nWhat I would suggest is try putting together a club. Create some local events for different age groups.  For example, middle school to high school would probably enjoy trick cyclists, if you can find some who would be willing to perform for schools kids, it'd be a good way of getting them interested.  College students might like short cycling contests or group cycling through a scenic area.  Go around to local businesses for sponsors for the events.  Advertise at schools,gyms, college campuses, churches, YMCA, boys and girls clubs, local publications, radio, sporting goods stores, martial arts schools, etc. . . .   Would be a lot of hard work.   Good luck.
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Some things are easy to show and impossible to describe! Get some books from the library for starters.\nTry a rubber or leather snaffle, and never hurt his mouth. Stay calm and patient. Associate the idea of work with fear or pain and he'll never forget the lesson.\nPut the bit into his mouth by slipping your thumb over his bars and on to his tongue to get him to open his mouth. Act calm and matter of fact. As long as he's used to wearing a headcollar and being handled it should be no big deal.
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Without training wheels?  7...I was terrified that I'd fall over.  We taught my son to ride one when he turned 3.
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i don't really understand this question but heres how u ride a bike.\n1.) get your a.s.s off the couch\n2.) get on the bike\n3.) pedal foward\n4.) if u want to stop suddenly push the back break.\ngood luck!
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I taught my child to ride at a local ball field. The grass is soft, so falling won't hurt. Give that a shot for a while until your comfortable. The field has to be firm.... it's almost impossible to pedal through soft soil!\n\nAnyway, get back on that thing! It's great fun, good exercise and saves on gas money.\n\nNow, if you ultimately fail at getting your nerve back, you could try one of these  ;)\n\nhttp://www.jvbike.com/images/Port-O-Trike/PTtrifecta_300x300.jpg
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My cousin had a banana bike, and we rode double and we used her feet as training wheels.. She taught me how to ride, and we had alot of fun. Thanks! I am sitting here chuckling about it, and that was almost 40 years ago.
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Build a ramp and go really, really fast.  Use Pedro's bike it has pegs!
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Legos\n\nIf (s)he's really young, square pegs with square holes and a wooden mallet should do.\n\nWhen I was young I played with Brio, Legos, Lots of puzzles, and a limitless supply of books. (I was taught to read at age 4)\n\nNow I am an engineering student at Berkeley! Looks like my parents taught me well.\n\nOh, and please teach your child to be able to entertain him or herself, toys that stimulate the imagination and AVOIDING  THE TELEVISION AT ALL COSTS will help a lot.\n\nPlay with your children as much as possible, you'll cherish it when they move on to study great things at prestigous universities (I know my parents do).\n\nOh, and start saving now, it really helps me out a lot that my parents have my education covered because they started saving for school as soon as I was born.
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Enroll him in a Marial Arts Class for kids.  My three year old nephew is in it and he can't stop talking about it.  If you feel he's too young for that, enroll him in some other from of class like mommy and me or something along that line.
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Go to disney.go.com and to "playhouse". It will teach him his letters, numbers,and read him stories, etc. Also try pbskids.org. Another good one is nickjr.com. Good luck!
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Read to him, talk to him (no baby talk). Go on walks together and examine plants, flowers and animals you see along the way. Play simple board games with him. Make learning fun and he will respond by wanting to learn. We did this with our grand daughter and she is in 1st Grade an A Honor roll student, and loves to learn, it's an adventure for her. Don't put any pressure on your son though, make everything a game. We bought things like a plastic table mat with clocks on one side where she could draw in the hands of the clock to tell the time she went to school, came home, had lunch etc. On the reverse of the mat is the same thing but in written sentences with spaces for her to fill in the missing word. Another table mat we bought for her is a map of the world (simplified), on the reverse is a map of the USA with all the states outlined and named. We bought jig saw puzzles for her from the time she could hold something and place it where she wanted it to go (rather than just wildly throw it). Start with 10 or 12 piece puzzles and build up to the bigger ones.\nKids learn an amazing amount of stuff very quickly, they like to poke about in dirt-make that a learning thing, is the dirt wet or dry, what kind of stones are in the dirt, are there any bugs in the dirt, how many bugs are there? After finishing with the dirt we go wash our hands and feel and see the soap wash all the dirt and germs off, look at the colors on the soap bubbles on our hands. The possibilities are endless with young children, just make it fun!
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Get him this:\nA zero deck (they got nice graphics, and they dont crack easily)\nGrind King Trucks (great trucks, i've been using mine for years)\nSpitfire wheels (ride smoothly)\nBones REDS bearings (really fast, and pretty cheap)\nBlack magic grip (lasts long)\n\nIf you have any more questions, feel free to email me at:\nbartsboy89@yahoo.com
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As a male, he is by nature aggressive, you cannot and should not try to teach him not to be aggressive.  You can, however, teach him control.  Let him know he has choices he can make in his behavior.   Get him in to sports or some other physical activity that will keep him moving and expending energy.  Guys hormones just do that to them.  If he is just a toddler, play, rough and tumble (and I do mean tumble, teach him somersaults) helps with balance and coordination and helps in falling skills in older children. When you know the child will fall, they need to know how to do it properly to avoid injury.\n\nIt's very hard to teach a child not to hit, this seems to be an ingrained protective response.  The child has not learned the differences in pain.  Physical pain vs. emotional pain.  All they know at this time is  They Hurt D-a-r-n it! (typed the regular way it looked like the OTHER word)  I did, however let him hit back IF the other child hit him more than once.   Turn the other cheek doesn't work well with children, and they need to know they have a right to defend themselves.  By allowing one hit  and not  cringing, his behavior would show the other children that he understood the hitter was upset and his character was big enough to allow that one hit. After that, it was self preservation.\n\nThis stood him in good stead.  The teachers in seeing this type of behaviour could see he didn't want the fight but was pressured to ingage. \n\nThe best you can do is teach him to think, and to think clearly and to see where his actions can lead.  When my son was in 2nd grade, he was suspended for throwing acorns.  After speaking with the Principal, my son and I sat down on a bench outside  under the Principal's office window and discussed the punishment.  It was during recess and I pointed out the acorn war going on to the oblivion of the teachers.  I explained why he was being punished.  The Principal overheard, came out and reduced the punishment to just the rest of the day.\n\nOn the way home in the car I gave him my true thoughts on the situation.  By seeing the example on the playground, and what resulted from our conversation, he realized that words of negotiation need to come first, then physical action is not always required.  People behave badly when they feel threatened.\n\nI apoligize for the long anecdotes.  After that long explanation, I now tend to believe you may have intended the word violence.  Thank you.
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go to your local bike shop and hit them up for some gear,tires, cleaners,  lube ect.. go out prove your self keep them informed of how your doing.then after your spanking the boys hit them up for cash. also hit up companies like Parts Unlimited for product most companies like donating their merchandise
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Take your son to the local park playground.  Even the local McDonalds has a play area for kids.  You don't need to get an official group.