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For the sake of context, my son was diagnosed with brain cancer at the beginning of April, less than a month before his 5th birthday. Long story short, he spent 3 months straight laying in a bed due to multiple surgeries and emergency chemotherapy and radiation to his head. Needless to say, he was almost completely immobile. He can barely tolerate sitting let alone standing. We knew we needed to get him up and moving and needed a fun way to do so. I was hesitant to buy this at first, not sure if it would be too small, but it had EVERYTHING I was lookin for in a bike for PT; he could steer (building arm strength) or we could while also providing as much or little assistance for moving forward as he needed, he could sit and build core strength, he could pedal and build leg strength, he could build confidence and independence ... I can't tell you how amazing this bike has been. We are in Boston Children's Hospital and multiple families have come by asking about his trike, saying they need something like it. We're all amazed the hospital doesn't have somethings like this, even the Physical Therapist marveled over this bike. This has been critical in getting him moving. We started using it a week ago and he's now able to bear his own weight again! It also has a safety strap when you do or don't use the safety bar so that you don't have to worry about the child failing out, no matter how you have it set up. There's also a tray for their feet if they're not ready to pedal on their own; the pedals also can be engaged or disengaged so the child can pedal or just feel like their pedaling. It has a canopy that's good for a lil guy who needs to stay shaded due to chemo meds - or a lil toddler that's riding in the sun. The highback chair can be removed but provides great support. My only concern is the seat was a little hard on his bottom; but we put a tiny pillow on the seat to help ease that. He doesn't need it any more, so it may have just been that he was sensitive to not sitting in months too. As a side note, he's a 40 lb, 45 inch five year old and fits this trike. I can't say enough above this trike. It's helped give us our son back in the most difficult time of our lives. We also have a three year old who was amped to use it and a 16 month old who will eventually love it too!