It could be so much easier...

Stabilisers most often actually prolong the time it takes to learn to ride.Learning to ride a bike involves two (main) aspects;
Learning to balance
Learning to pedal If you've ever tried to pat your head and rub your tummy at the same time, you'll know that it takes time to master the two different actions. Patting your head... that's easy. Rubbing your tummy... that's easy. Doing them at the same time and whoops what went wrong!For most people, children and adults alike, the pedalling ation is not what we struggle with... it's the balance. Modern thinking (even though the history for this method dates back to the days of Dreysenne's Hobby Horse) is that we should learn to balance first. Once we know how to balance, the pedalling is considerably easier to master.