By Beleaf in Fatherhood
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Today I taught the oldest kids how to ride their bike with no training wheels. I had fun but I picked up some gems during our time together. It’s funny, as I was adding subtitles to this video I was listening to how I was encouraging them and there were so many life lessons that can apply to anything not just riding a bike. You’ll hear me say things like, “You gotta look where you’re going not just in front of you,” and “I can’t hold on forever.” I know that this won’t be the last time I use these phrases but it sure impacted me in how the Father communicates to us. A lot of our early faith is like learning how to ride a bike. We are scared, we don’t know much about balance, and we want to go fast without falling, we know that we will fall but are shocked when we do. I am glad that our Heavenly Father is the one that has his hands on us, that he is the one pushing forward, the one releasing us and the one that helps us up when we fall.
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all right so learning how to ride a bike
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is a rite of passage for every kid now
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I’ve been waiting to teach my kids outta
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ride a bike since they were born and I’m
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super excited about today so I want to
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bring you along with me and share with
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you the top 5 things you need to know
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before you teach a kid how to ride a
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bike let’s go don’t be afraid to build
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with your kids I want to teach them how
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to ride a bike but it’s important to
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teach them all the different parts of a
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bike how each part is important but they
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all work together to perform one task
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also I want them to help me build a bike
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I hope this gives the kids a sense of
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ownership and appreciation for the work
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they put in lesson number one cherish
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the time you get to spend building with
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your children
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[Music]
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what color is it
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[Music]
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hi guys what are we gonna do today learn
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how to ride your bikes you guys got your
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helmets and you have all your pads it’s
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like if you’re enjoying this video be
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sure to LIKE and subscribe also stick
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around for the deleted scenes and other
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ways to be involved with belief and
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father okay this is all about balanced
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view and you have some of the best
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balance I’ll never see your parkour
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right you can balance okay that’s okay
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wait what do you do get right back up
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give you balance now you don’t have to
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keep your knees so close together but
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look if you start to turn that way if
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you’re starting to go that way yeah turn
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your wheel perfect you start to go this
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way turn your wheel very good very good
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do it again when you turn this way you
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gotta go that way okay and then when
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you’re coming down now boom okay if you
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go this way
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keep that leg out Wow
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fast reflexes okay lesson to start from
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scratch riding a bike without training
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wheels is pretty easy but for first time
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is it could be difficult to understand
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the fundamentals so it’s important that
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we discover as they are discovering
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allow your kids to ask all the questions
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I’m gonna hold on to you so you’re not
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gonna fall right now okay ready here we
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go
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speed push push and up push push push
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faster you go the easier it is to stay
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on right you’re not you’re not turning
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your wheels lesson three is not only a
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bike riding lesson but a life lesson
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when your kid fails and they will teach
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them to fail forward and celebrate them
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as long as they try your most handy I
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love it all right say I can ride this
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bike say this is easy no no this is easy
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let’s go pedals you got to keep spinning
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your legs man
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okay don’t look back you were gonna go
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all the way up the hill
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yeah why can’t though you know I can’t
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write up how do you know you haven’t
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tried it yet my kid wants to quit it can
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be frustrated because my goal is to help
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them get through their frustration so
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they can transition to the other side
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where they experienced joy fun but it’s
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important not to rush through this
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awkward stage but comfortable when they
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are discouraged sometimes comfort looks
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like holding hugging and reassurance
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other times comfort looks like space
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lesson for when your kid is discouraged
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patient do you want to try again
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[Music]
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yeah you don’t feel that right now you
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got to think hey look look look
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you’re looking down what’s a heady you
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got look where you’re going
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when asked up for another try okay let’s
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try again buddy mm-hmm let’s get your
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helmet you hear yeah all right now
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what’d you say I got this this is easy
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[Music]
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lesson five carry the weight not
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everyone gets it right away it’s okay to
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give you a child a sense of success so
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they know what it will feel like once
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they get past the door
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the doctor
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Oh My you’re riding a bike by yourself
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here’s one more the most important thing
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I could tell you about this is make sure
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that you enjoy your time with your kids
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because to them these are the good old
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days
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[Laughter]
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