http://downwiththekids.net/2006/12/07/the-new-bike-dilemma/ Modern Australian Family Life Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:41:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://downwiththekids.net/2006/12/07/the-new-bike-dilemma/#comment-406 downwiththekids.net » Blog Archive » A humour milestone? Thu, 24 May 2007 04:19:25 +0000 http://downwiththekids.net/2006/12/07/the-new-bike-dilemma/#comment-406 [...] We tried for ages to get Big Sis riding the hand me down bike, which in all fairness was too big for her. I finally admitted defeat when our normally even tempered little angel attacked the bike with hands, feet and even a stick, screaming “Stupid Bike!” - as other kids whizzed past! I decided our lesson in frugality was at the expense Big Sis’ sense of mastery. Asking ourselves what Martin Seligman would have to say - DSO took her to the bike shop the same day! [...] […] We tried for ages to get Big Sis riding the hand me down bike, which in all fairness was too big for her. I finally admitted defeat when our normally even tempered little angel attacked the bike with hands, feet and even a stick, screaming “Stupid Bike!” - as other kids whizzed past! I decided our lesson in frugality was at the expense Big Sis’ sense of mastery. Asking ourselves what Martin Seligman would have to say - DSO took her to the bike shop the same day! […]

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