Today I followed a school bus home (NOT my original plan), and the stupid thing stopped at every driveway in the subdivision where a kid was living.
Where cul-de-sacs branched off, mothers were waiting in their cars (!) to drive their kids exactly ONE block.
It was perfectly beautiful weather: sunny, and 70 degrees, so it's not like the kids had to walk in driving snow. And, it's a super safe neighborhood where nothing ever happens, and strangers don't hang out...ever. So, no child was in any danger.
What do you think? Could this expectation of being driven everywhere except inside the actual house be a reason why we have so many little porkers? Shouldn't kids be walking whenever possible, as much as possible?
Thanks for input, and thanks also for staying on topic and not dragging in OTHER causes of childhood fat.
2006-12-19
07:18:14
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silvercomet
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