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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand what you mean by how do you teach it?   It's fairly self explanatory.  Now.....kids don't always listen and teens often think their abilities are better than they are, but you just teach them to keep their head up and don't go so fast that they can't get out of the way.   You can work on it with him by making your own obstacle course at home when he's healed.

As for reinforcing it....don't you make your kids keep their rooms clean?  It's the same thing.  When they are done with their bikes, they go back where they belong.  Can't move on to the next thing until that happens.

I mean now your kid has a life lesson about why you keep sidewalks clean.

As for your neighbor, it's up to you.  There is no way to approach it other than being point blank about it.  You either need to just go up to them and say "hey, my kid slammed into your garbage can while he was riding your bike and broke his leg.  You're supposed to move it back in at the end of pick up day".  Or, you say nothing.  Suppose if you have an online town or neighborhood group you could submit something, our small town has a way to submit stuff anon.  [/quote]

That's fine I'll submit a county violation report along with the pictures [/quote]

WTF is wrong with you? Biking accidents happen. That's why kids wear helmets now. You are way over the top here. Do you have a spouse who can speak to the neighbor? You are way too overheated to have a reasonable conversation. It's a broken leg, not a lifelong injury. [/quote]

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