as a father I have come to learn that some things just do not need to be taught...
like breaking bottles
that is not something that needs to be taught
that is something that boys just do naturally
get a couple of kids on the train tracks
and well
in a matter of time their interests will move from the balance beam to the destructive pleasure of breaking bottles
this weekend I found myself trying to teach my sons something that they do not necessarily need to be taught
I was in a parking lot not far from the house with the boys trying to teach them how to SKID
part of my desire to teach the boys to skid was not so much the pleasure of burning rubber or the cool factor points that someone gets when they roll in fast on their friends and skid to a sliding halt
but rather that my older son is breaking high rather than low
as much as I try to instruct him to break around the six o' clock position he is always breaking around the eleven o' clock
so it was more an issue of trying to teach stronger breaking positions and control
than the destruction of the treads on a tire
it was a good day on the bike...
yes...
it was a short ride across town through car less traffic to work on an early sunday morning
only to return early sunday afternoon
only to run into my own kids entering the alley with their bikes
we rode the sidewalks and alleys to the parking of a school in the neighborhood
what a blast
really I should have a unicycle for such trips
not so much to learn to ride a unicycle
but so that I am humbled
and reminded the awkwardness of being a beginner
Rants on Cycling and on Life: Photos of people and bicycles that pass in front of my camera
6 comments:
No shit - I tried to teach Edie how to do a wheelie this weekend. I can't defend it at all though - was just trying to teach her how to do a wheelie.
Andrew
no pictures
I take a lot of pictures
but I have no desire to live behind the camera
a good photographer enjoys living behind the camera
I am not a good photographer
nor do I enjoy living behind the camera
oh
dean had some questions about some sign language he had learned
he delivered it with two hands
simple and plain
I said it was not good, not nice, and not cool
that he should not do that as it is like a really bad word
he asked no more
his friend who taught him this has several older siblings
eldest being 19
certain things will pass through the house
there will the exposure of many things before their age appropriateness
honestly
that gesture has been watered down
it does not mean quite what it once meant
I wish someone would teach me to do a wheelie
i wanna learn to do a wheelie too.
as far as a double-bird, well, sometimes u gotta communicate and so long as the communication is context appropriate, I say use it. lol.
yes
I told the other parents that I would let him ride shotgun in the car and administer the double bird at my command
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