<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745483955719090967.post3820972583776006941..comments</id><updated>2009-11-07T05:11:40.404-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Bright Horizons | Mom To Mom Blog: Guest Mom: No More Training Wheels</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://momblog.brighthorizons.com/feeds/3820972583776006941/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745483955719090967/3820972583776006941/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://momblog.brighthorizons.com/2008/05/guest-mom-no-more-training-wheels.html'/><author><name>Bright Horizons</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14992390354369769334</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745483955719090967.post-1619511976425090324</id><published>2009-11-07T05:11:40.404-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T05:11:40.404-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Between us speaking, you did not try to look in go...</title><content type='html'>Between us speaking, you did not try to look in google.com?  &lt;a href="http://cgi2.ebay.fr/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&amp;amp;userid=acheter_levitra_ici_1euro&amp;amp;acheter-levitra" rel="nofollow"&gt;achat levitra&lt;/a&gt; I can recommend to come on a site on which there are many articles on this question.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745483955719090967/3820972583776006941/comments/default/1619511976425090324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745483955719090967/3820972583776006941/comments/default/1619511976425090324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://momblog.brighthorizons.com/2008/05/guest-mom-no-more-training-wheels.html?showComment=1257588700404#c1619511976425090324' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://momblog.brighthorizons.com/2008/05/guest-mom-no-more-training-wheels.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745483955719090967.post-3820972583776006941' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745483955719090967/posts/default/3820972583776006941' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745483955719090967.post-921377067214895233</id><published>2008-07-04T11:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-04T11:14:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello Guest Mom, I have heard your story dozens if...</title><content type='html'>Hello Guest Mom, I have heard your story dozens if not hundreds a hundred times.  We want our children to ride, feel the freedom and confidence it all brings only to have them frustrated and then scared to try any more.  I am very proud for your daughter that she had the persistence to keep trying.    &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If I may give some advise for the next Mom or Dad struggling with the “learning to ride process”.  This mom started off right, taking the training wheels off.  Only, you needed to add one more step, take the pedals off also.  Balance is the key to riding, not pedaling.  With the pedals off make sure they can be on the seat with their feet flat on the ground and a slight bend in their legs.  They must be completely comfortable that they can put their feet on the ground easily to keep themselves up right.  Too small is much better than too large.  Now they can push the bike like a scooter or I call it a pushbike.  The progression is a simple as walk, run, coast, coast and turn (s turns).  No need to push they will get it very quickly.  A big open parking lot with a slight slope is very helpful.  Once you see they can balance and control their bike put the pedals back on.  (I have more helpful hints if anyone is interested).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I started telling my friends and neighbors about this more than 10 years ago.  Some would do it with great success while other went another direction, so I decided to prove it works and make it easier for parents to engage their children.  I wrote a children’s picture book called “Learning to Ride with the Bits”.  It is my families’ true story of how my children learned to ride using the method I briefly described above.  The book allows children to see themselves in the process.  It is also great parent time reading together.  I say I wrote it to help teach children and their parents an effective way to learn to ride, fun for kids and easy for parents.  My family and I started teaching classes mostly to show that it really works and found there is a big need and we loved it.  Over the last year we have had more than 200 kids (ages 3 – 16) learn to ride in 4 1-hours sessions (95% successful).  Now I cannot seem to keep up with training request now and my regular job as the word has gotten out.  I never dreamed I could touch the lives of so many children and their parents.  The testimonials have been great.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If anyone out there is interested in starting training programs in their community I would be happy to discuss further.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Best Regards,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Harvey A. Nix&lt;BR/&gt;Aka “Bike Coach” or “Daddy Bit”&lt;BR/&gt;hnix@notrainingwheels.net&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;www.notrainingwheels.net&lt;BR/&gt;www.bikecoachonline.com</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745483955719090967/3820972583776006941/comments/default/921377067214895233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745483955719090967/3820972583776006941/comments/default/921377067214895233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://momblog.brighthorizons.com/2008/05/guest-mom-no-more-training-wheels.html?showComment=1215188040000#c921377067214895233' title=''/><author><name>BikeCoach</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17277620082456978050</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://momblog.brighthorizons.com/2008/05/guest-mom-no-more-training-wheels.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-745483955719090967.post-3820972583776006941' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/745483955719090967/posts/default/3820972583776006941' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>