Picture this - A well dressed lady in heels and a sunhat, cycling through the streets of busy Tokyo with one hand on the handle and another holding an umbrella. I am always impressed by this:) The secret - kids in Japan learn how to ride the bicycle at a very early age [by 5 according to Daniel’s colleague in Tokyo].
I confess, I didn’t plan to train my kids to cycle to early. But a month ago, I was looking at the children’s bicycles slowly eroding in the corner of our house and that was upsetting. Good bicycles abandoned. So armed with a screw driver, I yanked out all their training wheels and stuffed it in their faces. Go figure!
Interestingly, it wasn’t agile Sarah who picked it up first but fearless Sammy. He confronted the slight slope in our driveway with determination and in less than an hour, he was cycling. Sarah refused to be beaten by her little brother and so she was determined to conquer her fear. So in less than 2 hours, Sarah and Sammy were cycling much to Daddy and Mommy’s amazement. Of course, we knew that the slopes in our driveway had expedited their cycling quest.
Mommy is more delighted that their bicycles are no longer abandoned. Nowadays, the bicycles are the most used equipment around the house these days. And I am happy:)
