2006-12-25 03:43:11 · 6 answers · asked by nimzaj1969 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
tricycle first those there the best back in the day so he could ride once he knows how to walk
2006-12-25 03:51:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I remember wanting a bike by the time I was 6. By age 7 I had one, but didn't really know how to ride one. By age 8 I was riding thanks to the help of a friend of mine who lived in a closed condo development.
The trick is this: If you are trying to teach the kid to ride, the kid will depend on you catching the bike when he/she falls. Let them learn with a friend. That way they get their own scabby knees and will come home with battle scars instead of boo-boos.
If I had depended on my parents to help me learn to ride i would have NEVER learned, because I knew in the back of my mind they would prevent me from getting hurt, and so I never took the chances of falling, of if they saw me fall I immediately burst into tears.
So to succinctly answer your question: If they start asking for a bike, let them have one. Preferably one that will take a beating without too much damage. Like a Wal-mart BMX gig. They are not too pricey, and they can hop on and off easily. Skip the training wheels. Or bend the brackets so that the bike can roll on its own wheels and have the trainers as a backup should the kid not develop enough momentum.
2006-12-25 11:56:24 · answer #2 · answered by anon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think 3 or 4. My children started on tricycles around 2 and were on bikes around 4.
2006-12-25 12:15:58 · answer #3 · answered by applecrisp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the can walk then they can ride with training wheels of course
2006-12-25 11:45:58 · answer #4 · answered by koolnsweett 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As soon as they ask for one, and can safely straddle the smallest one you can find.
2006-12-25 11:52:07 · answer #5 · answered by Rockies VM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think wen they start walkin around ....3
2006-12-25 12:54:19 · answer #6 · answered by dimples2792000 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋