I always had the trike's and bikes with training wheels. I remember being 8 when my cousins(we are all like sisters, really) decided it was time for the training wheels to come off. I kept riding & falling & was crying & everything because they were forcing me to learn.

Finally, my cousing Jenny came up to me & told me "ok, they all tried to teach me that way too, what works is pretending you are the Little Engine that Could, just keep saying "I think I can, I think I can" and pedal. Funniest thing is that it actually worked & by that afternoon we were biking to the local convenience store for ice cream.