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		lars_francke 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thomas E. Kurtz has died Total aside: Training wheels are a thing I remember from my youth but today (at least here) they are barely used at all anymore. I'm still used to the phrase (taking the training wheels off) but I'm fairly certain my kids will grow up not using it.

rswail 10 months ago [–]

The sort of pushbikes for littler kids lets them learn balance and steering before also having to learn how to pedal and brake.

So half the learning happens on those pushbikes before they move to real bikes.

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