My son is reaching that age of pre-teen, which of course means he is wanting to do those things that I’m simply not ready for. Honestly, he’s probably been at the age for a while but for me it is hard. Yes, I’m one of “those” moms, the protective type.
Today we got the older two new bikes, yes they had old bikes but to be honest we think they were too big for them. We’ve lived here a year and hadn’t updated the bikes and they’ve been gathering dust and rust. Now BalletGirl’s ( age 8 ) bike was passed …read more

Up until a month ago my thirteen-year-old couldn’t ride a bike. We tried to teach him when he was little, but he was never that interested. We live at the top of the hill so his lessons usually ended with him getting scared as he soared down the hill and landed in the neighbors bushes. I think the bushes scarred him for life; both mentally and physically. He eventually just gave up and down right refused to ride his bike. So we stopped pushing him.
He couldn’t ride a two wheeler, but he still wanted to get around. So for his …read more