Monday, September 10, 2007

I Want To Ride My Bicycle

So what happened to the plans for cycling to school?

Ed and I spent many hours this summer running up and down the crescent pushing the kids on their bikes. Sam, the youngest, cracked it first, and now he jumps on his bike as soon as he gets home and tears up and down the street.

The eldest, Tom, took a bit longer, but in the end he managed to ride up and down the street unaided. At that point he declared "I know how to ride a bike", and refused to practice any more.

Eleanor, the middle child and the only girl, has taken the longest and is still very unsteady. She can't get herself started and can only stop by falling off.

So obviously we're not yet ready to cycle 2 miles to school. But I am determined to do it (and Ed is keen to have access to the family car occasionally), so I'm sure we'll get there in the end.

3 comments:

Joanna said...

Maybe you should try just telling them that they've got to bike to school next Wednesday, and follow through (car going to the garage, or some or excuse) ... then they'll see how easy it is. You need to get this up and running before the clocks go back, otherwise it'll be next year before they've ever done it, because there's no doubt it's more of an effort in the winter, I remember it well, even though it was decades ago.

Good luck - I think it's terrific that you're giving it a go, because changing behaviour is SO hard, and getting your children to change their behaviour is so hard it's virtually impossible!

Joanna
joannasfood.blogspot.com

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