u/Fancy_Supermarket700

My kids are 5 and 7 and have never been interested in bike riding. We live on a busy street where it’s not ideal to practice. Constant zooming traffic. I’ve noticed almost all the kids their age on our street are still on training wheels too.

They got these pedal drifter things for Christmas and they like them so much better than bikes, so the motivation is lower than ever because now they have a bike like thing they enjoy more that functions relatively the same.

Should I force them or let them come to it when they want to learn? Anyone been in this position?

Don’t you **love** when someone says this because they have a very normally active child that likes to run and play.

Like sorry my son chewed his fingers until they were bleeding and calloused trying to satisfy his sensory needs. He has actual learning difficulties and issues socializing.

This is not the same as your son liking to play catch a lot or not wanting to do his homework.

Anyway, rant over just wanted to see how other people handle it when people casually “diagnose” their children in conversation around you.