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I suspect when your kids become older, your life will become more dictated by your kids activities that you don’t control as much. Sports practices and games, s

I suspect when your kids become older, your life will become more dictated by your kids activities that you don’t control as much. Sports practices and games, school, etc. These will be unlikely be centered around walking distance from home. And, then, I will welcome you back to the fold of parent indenturedness. :)

rorykoehler 8y ago
Why would anything change? I live car free and everything is either walkable or public transportable distance away. Same for the activities you mentioned. When I was a kid and played a lot of sports if there was an out of town meet the team bus would take us.
- briandear 8y ago
  You don’t have kids, that much is clear. And if you do, you certainly don’t have more than one.
eysquared 8y ago
Being forced onto a schedule dictated by your kids is a choice parents make, not a necessity. I never said I didn't have a car when needed, just that my day to day is much more enriched by not needing one (and being forced to get out of the house). I will always choose to spend my time exploring the mountains with my kids, but if they choose soccer/baseball/etc then its just medium walk or short bus ride away.
adrianN 8y ago
When the kids become older they should be able to take public transport by themselves. I took the bus to school when I was six. In Japan it's common to send little kids shopping by themselves. There are popular shows available on Youtube that show five year olds going on errands for the first time. For example here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5k5XTZy0rA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5k5XTZy0rA
couchand 8y ago
Well, the elementary school is two blocks away, the middle school is two blocks the other way, and there is a high school about four blocks away (though by high school the neighborhood school isn't as relevant, at least in NYC). There are little league soccer and baseball teams that practice & play games at the small park a block and a half away and the larger park three blocks away. I'm pretty sure that neither of those particular developments require a car. We do frequently use a car (when leaving the city, for instance), but we don't have any reason to own a car. And more critically, we aren't chained to it in the way that so many friends and family are, by virtue of every necessity lying well beyond walking distance tucked inside a giant parking lot.

rorykoehler 8y ago

Why would anything change? I live car free and everything is either walkable or public transportable distance away. Same for the activities you mentioned. When I was a kid and played a lot of sports if there was an out of town meet the team bus would take us.

briandear 8y ago
You don’t have kids, that much is clear. And if you do, you certainly don’t have more than one.

eysquared 8y ago

Being forced onto a schedule dictated by your kids is a choice parents make, not a necessity. I never said I didn't have a car when needed, just that my day to day is much more enriched by not needing one (and being forced to get out of the house). I will always choose to spend my time exploring the mountains with my kids, but if they choose soccer/baseball/etc then its just medium walk or short bus ride away.

adrianN 8y ago

When the kids become older they should be able to take public transport by themselves. I took the bus to school when I was six. In Japan it's common to send little kids shopping by themselves. There are popular shows available on Youtube that show five year olds going on errands for the first time. For example here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5k5XTZy0rA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5k5XTZy0rA

couchand 8y ago

Well, the elementary school is two blocks away, the middle school is two blocks the other way, and there is a high school about four blocks away (though by high school the neighborhood school isn't as relevant, at least in NYC). There are little league soccer and baseball teams that practice & play games at the small park a block and a half away and the larger park three blocks away. I'm pretty sure that neither of those particular developments require a car. We do frequently use a car (when leaving the city, for instance), but we don't have any reason to own a car. And more critically, we aren't chained to it in the way that so many friends and family are, by virtue of every necessity lying well beyond walking distance tucked inside a giant parking lot.