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It's crazy! We have a two year old and go to the zoo fairly often. Almost every other family has kids twice her age sitting in strollers. She can walk around fo
by wincy 10y ago
It's crazy! We have a two year old and go to the zoo fairly often. Almost every other family has kids twice her age sitting in strollers. She can walk around for 4 hour stretches no problem. We were playing Pokémon Go when it was all the rage and she'd just walk along with us for miles at 18 months old.
It makes sense that once kids get too big to hold for long periods of time they'd be able to follow along with a roaming band thousands of years ago (not rushing everywhere, but walking at a decent pace). Kids have the capacity to do a lot more than we give them credit for, and not allowing your kid the opportunity to walk for long stretches does them a disservice in the long term.
- dave1619 10y agoSo do you even take a stroller to the zoo?
- mjevans 10y agoNot OP and not a parent. HOWEVER, I find it logical that if a brief rest break (maybe a snack and a nice sit down somewhere?) doesn't get things back on track it's probably time to go anyway.
- snuxoll 10y agoMy four year old likes to be lazy when walking, but she'll run at the playground for hours on end. I used to bring along a strap when we'd take her tricycle to the store half a mile away so I could drag her home since she would whine about being "tired" (read: too lazy to put in the effort since I know daddy will pull me home). For the past few months whenever I take her out of the home she now has no choice, I'm not going to bend over to pull the thing as the strap gets left at home - she's stopped being such a pill about it as time has gone on. I'm glad I did this, we're going on a trip to Boston at the start of May and she's going to have to suck it up and walk around with mom.