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Stabilisers do the opposite of teaching how to ride a bike. They suck on every level! Even for kids they are a terrible idea. Steering and balancing on a bike is all about leaning, stabilisers force you not to lean and never to actually learn to ride!
I have taught many people to ride a bike, including my adult sister who was a massive scaredy cat about falling and getting injured. It is quite easy, but not with stabilisers!!