Unless everything was in convenient bicycle distance, you'd still need them all to be basically doing the same activities, which contradicts the assertion of le

Unless everything was in convenient bicycle distance, you'd still need them all to be basically doing the same activities, which contradicts the assertion of letting the kids pick whatever they wanted. I'm not saying it's impossible to do activities with a big family, but what's suggested in the text seems like it would require help in most US cities and towns.