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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the balance bike fad is really dumb and something that’s become popular because it’s seen as European. American kids used to grow up with training wheels. I think training wheels are great because you immediately get to experience the beauty of a bicycle: speed and actually transporting yourself somewhere faster than you can walk. Balance bikes are awkward and slow compared to a bike with training wheels and just aren’t a lot of fun, as your smart daughter has quickly figured out. If it were so difficult to go from training wheels to a bike generations of kids would never have learned, and yet we all did, with much more enthusiasm than had we all been subjected to balance bikes.

Tl;dr: get her a real bike with training wheels even if you lose cred with the other upper middle class parents.[/quote]

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We were given our balance bike as a hand-me-down from friends. Our DD didn't really like the scooter we'd gotten at that point, so we gave it a try. Turns out she loves it and can go plenty fast on it. I think it's a great transitional bike between a tricycle and a regular bike, and there's no question it has improved her balance and gross motor skills. I don't think balance bikes are required, but the idea that they are "dumb" or that people only use them because "it's seen as European" is bizarre. I was not even aware that balance bikes were used in Europe? Are scooters European?

You sound bitter and miserable. No one cares if you use a balance bike or not.[/quote]

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