Rene, I've always taken the approach with my daughter to be a facilitator, not a teacher. Growing up fly fishing at the creek, we might not fish at all.
<http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/decoy/cibolo/ccnc036.jpg> Sometimes she would fish 10 minutes, sometimes none, sometimes wanting to fish 3 hours on every hole she had ever been to on the creek. The point is, she wanted to be there. The rest is gravy. Same with bicycling. You can offer it and help them with questions, but the choice has to be theirs. In her case, paddling a kayak across the flats (and beating 3 grown men 5 miles into the wind when she was 12-y-o), charging 20 miles on a bicycle, or catching a big fish - it all played to her natural competitive nature. I took up bicycling again because she had the interest. First bought a kayak so she and I could tandem - that lasted a year, and then she had to paddle her own boat. My passion is my daughter. <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/decoy/fish8/aPB230009.jpg> her favorite part of fishing, though, has always been the fillet table - I think she's going to be a surgeon, unless fighter pilot wins out. . I like the idea of the Riv tandem with baby carrier over stoker's handlebars, followed later by one of those burley trailer bikes when pedaling becomes part of the interest. On Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 3:23:01 PM UTC-6, René wrote: > > The great stories of kids who have gone on to embrace the love of bikes > (and other passions) from their parents are wonderful. However, IMO, one of > the hardest things one has to do as a parent (two daughters in their 20s > and a teenage son) is deal with the reality when one (or all) of your kids > develops other passions that don't have anything to do with yours and > reject (to different degrees) sharing yours. Children develop their own > personalities and passions and one of the best aspect of being a parent is > encouraging them to do so. Yet, it also hurts when they reject sharing > yours. This is an important lesson I have learned over the years, and > covers many more aspects than just sharing a hobby or a passion. And one > has to be supportive and understanding and learn to deal with this > discovery process. And keep hoping that when they get older, they'll > re-discover the passion so you can share it with them! The good aspect of > this situation is that sometimes they infect you with their passions, and > you are the one who ends up sharing it with them. > > René > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
