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[quote=Anonymous]It's just a matter of exposure, and micro culture in terms of what the other kids and parents put emphasis on in your immediate neighborhood.  For example, when I was growing up, riding a bike without training wheels was a milestone you hit around age 6 or 7.  In my current neighborhood, the majority of 4 year olds are riding two wheelers easily, and by 6 they're riding on mountain biking paths in the woods or going over ramps they built in the yard.  I was fascinated when I moved here with my 5 year old who was still on a balance bike (who quickly realized he looked like a baby and learned fast to ride a 2 wheeler).  In contrast, my kid who was only 2 when we moved here was riding a 2 wheeler before he turned 4.  If other kids were not so hyper interested in biking in this neighborhood (tons of parent bikers around here which fueled it I'm sure), he'd have happily not learned to ride a 2 wheeler until 6 or 7.

I guarantee if you lived in a neighborhood where everyone could swim laps at age 5 and go off the high dive by age 6, then that's what all the kids would do.  Like when you were a kid.  But the kids in your current neighborhood apparently don't see the rush, which is also fine.  Same could be said for literally any sport out there.  I'm sure many areas of the country would be appalled at the idea of a U8 travel soccer team with 3 levels.  The kids are babies, what's the rush? And then around here, if you aren't doing club soccer by 8U, you're behind the curve.[/quote]

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