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First time out alone

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Pancho:
I've been telling my daughters (9 and 11, IIRC) to "go ride their bikes" for a while now and today, they took me up on the offer.

First time out without supervision. A bit sad to say, that's not just first bike ride - it's almost[1] first time /out/ without parental/teacher/adult oversight.

Anyway, they went off and returned home 2 hours later having been to the PYO strawberry place and then to the beach. They'd cycled 6 ish miles and eaten their own bodyweight in strawberries (from the farm) and icecream (from the van at the beach).

As you can imagine, Mrs P was in agonies thinking of them dicing with traffic while they were suitably blase on their return.



[1] They have once or twice walked the 200 metres from Grandmother's to cousins'. Partly due to us living on a road that, though rural, can be a bit of rat run and is the only way to anywhere from home.

hatler:
Cool !!!!

(Why hasn't anyone else responded ?)

Jurek:

--- Quote from: hatler on June 18, 2008, 10:43:36 PM ---Cool !!!!

(Why hasn't anyone else responded ?)

--- End quote ---

I'm offspringless but not without contact with cycling infants / kids / parents.
Equally surprised here.

Wowbagger:
I hadn't noticed this thread.

It's good to see that not every parent is browbeaten by the PPBT (Popular Press Bogeyman Threat) that they incarcerate their kids.

Good stuff.

Quisling:
Good stuff. MiniQ is 11, and we live in the sticks with no friends for a couple of miles along a busy road linking villages so she hasn't so far ventured that far on her own.  It helps if you have siblings or mates locally that you can go off with together.  I know at that age I'd go out and play for hours with my brother, but my (only) child is I suspect slightly disavantaged in this regard.

That said, by the age of 12 or so I was merrily off doing 10 or 15 mile rides or longer. But I'm a chap, and us dads get a bit protective about our little girls.

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