Take the pedals off the bike
Apparently if you want to teach kids how to ride a bike you're supposed to take the pedals off first, and now my mind will never be the same again.
I recently was trying to teach my youngest daughter how to ride her bike without training wheels. I did so in the usual manner - have her sit on the seat while I grab the handlebars and run along side her, then release the bike and watch her panic, freeze, topple over, and kick the bike in frustration.
I mean, that's the way I learned to ride a bike, as well as everybody else I know. Unfortunately, it wasn't working very well. My daughter was getting increasingly frustrated, and I figured we just had to power through until one day it magically clicked. My wife figured there had to be some better way that we were missing, so she started googling.
Nobody had every told me this. Nobody I know has ever done this with their kids. I have had zero contact with this information for my entire life.
