[blindkid] Training Wheels or Not?

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You can buy tandom for younger kids.
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On Mar 29, 2009, at 7:27, "EJ Buhrke" <ej_buhrke at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know if there is a specific answer for keeping the training  
> wheels
> on or taking them off. My son is totally blind and 9 and still has  
> them on.
> When he was young and just learning to sit up and even to walk he  
> was seen
> as having a good sense of balance. In putting 2 wheels under him  
> with the
> bike this is not the case.  He too doesn't move very fast, but he  
> continues
> to keep trying.  He has gotten too big for me to balance him very long
> walking along side him without the training wheels, so while we had  
> them off
> for a while we now have them back on.  I hope to be able to take  
> them off
> one day, but for now this is his decision to help keep him safe and  
> yet
> allows him to continue to ride.  Good luck making your own choice  
> for your
> child.
>
> EJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindkid- 
> bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Steve & Karen Leinart
> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:56 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Training Wheels or Not?
>
> Barbara,
>
> We have 4 kiddos from China.  Our youngest is also from Kunming.  We
> adopted him when he was 32 months old, and he is my little guy with
> glaucoma.
>
> Karen
>
> Barbara Hammel wrote:
>> Hey Holly
>> We adopted our twins almost four years ago from Kunming, Yunnan
>> province China at the age of 2 years and fifty weeks.
>> Barbara
>>
>> If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of
>> whom you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "holly miller" <hollym12 at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 5:36 PM
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)"
>> <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [blindkid] Training Wheels or Not?
>>
>>> Hank is 8 and isn't interested in riding a bike so I haven't
>>> experienced it
>>> first hand.
>>> I did want to wave to you though because Hank is also adopted from
>>> China.
>>> He joined our family a month before his 6th birthday, from Suzhou.
>>>
>>> My gut feeling is, go by if she want the training wheels off or not.
>>> If having them on doesn't bother her, if they allow her to bike  
>>> safely &
>>> confidently who cares how old she is?  Besides grandma of course  
>>> (smile)
>>>
>>> If she is feeling self conscious about them herself,  a friend  
>>> swears by
>>> taking the pedals off at the same time you take the training  
>>> wheels off.
>>> Lower the seat so her feet will just sit flat on the ground.  Let  
>>> her
>>> scoot
>>> around with foot power, picking up her feet to glide and learn  
>>> balance.
>>> If she starts to wobble, it's easy to set a foot down to  
>>> stabilize.  The
>>> theory is kids feel more secure when they are concentrating on
>>> balance and
>>> not thinking about pedaling.  Less epic wipe outs with this method
>>> too. Once
>>> they are confidently gliding around, reinstall the pedals
>>>
>>> Holly
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