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Message: [QUOTE="neWRiver, post: 214908, member: 25392"] You're on the right track and have gotten some good advice. I just went through this with my 11 year old boy (now 12). He took to his new bike pretty well, but seemed to be content with a sitting approach. This was fine when we were just goofing around on easy trails. When it came to the rockier and steeper climbs, he would sort of freeze up and not want to proceed. It turned out that this was the appropriate time to encourage him to stand. He took to it very quickly as soon as he saw that it gave him the control he needed to conquer the obstacle. And of course by that time he had some basic mastery of all of the controls. [/QUOTE]