Why cant my child ride a trike?
Human nature is to try to succeed wherever possible and because riding a trike is fun, children want to ride if they can so if they try very hard but fail – something else is wrong! Trike troubles and woes is a complex subject and only a few simple examples can be given here but the above statement is definitely true. We tend to blame failure on a child’s disability but in the writers experience the villain is usually an inappropriate tricycle. Anxiety, Safety Worries and Stabilisers… Enemy No 1 Stabilisers are disastrous where learning difficulties, balance or co-ordination are factors and would be better called ‘de-stabilisers’ because the child usually feels very wobbly and unsafe on a device which by default leans sideways, and sometimes flops over. A child may not be able to tell you they feel unsafe but they certainly know it themselves. Stabilisers are, at best, a stopgap for a child who will eventually manage a two-wheeler. They should never be used for children with disabili
