What Age did Bike Training Wheel Come off?

[luckey-lasvegas]

http://www.bhg.com/health-family/activities/games/how-to-learn-to-ride-a-bike-in-15-minutes/

My DD was riding in less than 15 minutes.

 

[perpetualplanner]

My DS1 had them off at 2.5 DS2 had them off around 3 or 4?? DS1 used to be the daredevil on a bike - jumping ramps etc... now that he's older that's died down.

Around he wouldn't get made fun of but questioned about it. Not necessarily in a mean way just "Why do you still have training wheels?" If it doesn't bother him no one would bother him about it but if obviously embarrassed then look out!

 

[monorailsilver]

My oldest was probably 6-7 when her wheels came off. She is timid.

My son was not quite 5½ when his came off.

My youngest is 4 & still rides with them.

 

[Frye7127]

My DS's came off when he was about 5, i guess. If it was up to my DH, he would still have them on at nine. He was wigged about him falling and getting hurt and wanted him to learn in the grassy field by our home - ha! he couldn't even peddle in that field with training wheels on. He ran an errand and I had him in the street and off he went. I ran beside him, but he didn't need it. My son is an "in his own time" type of child.

There is a family in our neighborhood whose son had his on until he was ten and his sister was eight - we were all out riding and it didn't take him long to get them off after that weekend and there are children in DS's class that cannot even ride a bike.

I wouldn't worry about what the other kids say...let him deal with it. Sometimes, peer pressure can be a good thing and those training wheels may just come off after that. In high school, nobody will remember that he was the kid with training wheels and truthfully, chances are that he will not be the only one.

 

[mrsbornkuntry]

If your son is a Tiger that means a parent would be with him, right? I would think that if anyone was going to make fun of him it would be put to a stop pretty quick with all of the parents there.

I'm a little defensive about this, two of my DS's were slow to learn to ride, one of them was 10 when he learned because his muscles are weak from steroids he was on for leukemia when he was younger. When his pack did their bike ride I worried about the same thing, but he wanted to go so we took him and not one boy said a word to him about the training wheels. Honestly I think the older dens look at the Tigers as the "kindergarteners" of scouting and wouldn't really give that another thought.

This same DS is afraid to participate in PE at school because the other kids make fun of him for running slow so scouting is his "safe" place where he can participate without that and I think that's how scouting should be.

ETA: As for the other kids:
DD was 6-7
DS12 was 5-6
DS10 was 10
DS8 was 8 (no interest, rode a scooter alot instead)
DS5 was 3 (no kidding, he didn't even wait for me to take off his training wheels, he got on someone else's bike and took off, he does this with everything athletic, though)

 

[bumbershoot]

Our conversation went like this:

Me: Are you going to ride Space Mountain with us this year?
Him: No
Me: Why not?
Him: Because I have a mind of my own, I make my own decisions, and I don't want to.

I adore your son.

They pick on each other because it's permitted. I couldn't believe how mean the kids were to each other when my son started kindergarten in a public school. Kids were calling each other stupid and babies and all sorts of other hurtful things.

He now goes to a small private school where the word "stupid" isn't even allowed. They're taught to respect and be kind to each other. Picking on and fighting play is not permitted, and I think that's fantastic.

It's not "kids being kids". It's brats being brats because their parents and teachers are letting them be brats. If you expect them to be kind and respectful, they will.

It's not ok to use words that hurt.

Absolutely! If any of the adults at school with me would have stopped my "friends" from calling me embarrassing and rude names, my life would have been better. If someone had stopped other kids from calling one of my friends, who was the WORST offender at calling ME names, nasty names, then maybe she wouldn't have had to strike back at me with those names.


It really bothers me that a group of *scouts* seems to be expected to be rude to other children and that's considered OK! To me, a scout should be kind and polite, not just for badges, but just to be a good person. Harumph at the idea that he might be rudely teased at a scout thing.



DS only just got a bike at 5.5, and he absolutely still has the training wheels on. He's just not comfy going on two wheels yet! And still has managed to put the bike over *twice* even with the training wheels. How has he done that?