Age to stop strollers .... is age 6 normal??

[Anonymous]

We stopped using it around 2.5 and got rid of it at 3 ... and then wished for it back around age 6. Sometimes you just want to go for a long walk without cajoling your kid along, you know?

I see first graders at DD's school getting strollered home, probably because after a long day that is too much to be a pleasant walk for them. Good for the parents for walking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My sister lives in Manhattan and literally all the kids up until 7 or 8 ride in strollers to their neighborhood school. It’s just a fast and efficient way to walk to school. Kids walk some of the way but maybe hop in to eat or whatever or are running late. It looks totally bizarre to me because in my area (Arlington) you never see that past like going to the zoo for the day. So maybe she’s from NYC? Or another urban area where it’s common.

I lived in Manhattan for 5 years and visit often I literally never saw an 8 year old in a stroller. That sounds completely absurd. It's harder to push an 8 year old in a stroller down a Manhattan street than it is to walk with. What neighborhood is that? Must be the UES

Yeah that’s ridiculous even in Manhattan. My now 8 year old ran her first 5k at age 7! The reason some of these kids can’t walk more than a quarter mile is because nobody ever lets them build up stamina! They are always shoved on a stroller.

[Anonymous]

I could see holing on to ours that long. I like to walk to run errands, and sometimes it’s too far (or too long) for DD, 3.5, To walk. I take the stroller and she can decide to go in or not. If I’m doing a morning of errands, she’ll pop in and out as she gets tired or bored, or to have a snack / drink, etc. It’s great storage for everything too.

We live a brisk 20 min walk from her school, and if it’s a nice day and I’m off, I can go pick her up and we can wander home, but again - it’s pretty far for her sometimes. I guess I could cart her bike while I’m walking but that’s a pain, and sometimes she likes to chill and have a snack while we talk about her day. I can also pack her stuff underneath so we don’t have to carry it while we walk, and it’s perfect if we end up picking up a few groceries or something.

I think many of you anti stroller people are simply “walking is for exercise only” people and don’t understand that walking can be a way of life, and your way of life has to in, use your children and their needs too. We make running errands into a fun morning or afternoon without the car, and it suits lots of needs, including activity.

I swear though, there is so much judging in this board that is so ridiculously petty - this one is especially hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sister lives in Manhattan and literally all the kids up until 7 or 8 ride in strollers to their neighborhood school. It’s just a fast and efficient way to walk to school. Kids walk some of the way but maybe hop in to eat or whatever or are running late. It looks totally bizarre to me because in my area (Arlington) you never see that past like going to the zoo for the day. So maybe she’s from NYC? Or another urban area where it’s common.

I lived in Manhattan for 5 years and visit often I literally never saw an 8 year old in a stroller. That sounds completely absurd. It's harder to push an 8 year old in a stroller down a Manhattan street than it is to walk with. What neighborhood is that? Must be the UES

Yeah that’s ridiculous even in Manhattan. My now 8 year old ran her first 5k at age 7! The reason some of these kids can’t walk more than a quarter mile is because nobody ever lets them build up stamina! They are always shoved on a stroller.

You should get her ping something more useful than running 5ks. She could be helping her community by sewing masks or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could see holing on to ours that long. I like to walk to run errands, and sometimes it’s too far (or too long) for DD, 3.5, To walk. I take the stroller and she can decide to go in or not. If I’m doing a morning of errands, she’ll pop in and out as she gets tired or bored, or to have a snack / drink, etc. It’s great storage for everything too.

We live a brisk 20 min walk from her school, and if it’s a nice day and I’m off, I can go pick her up and we can wander home, but again - it’s pretty far for her sometimes. I guess I could cart her bike while I’m walking but that’s a pain, and sometimes she likes to chill and have a snack while we talk about her day. I can also pack her stuff underneath so we don’t have to carry it while we walk, and it’s perfect if we end up picking up a few groceries or something.

I think many of you anti stroller people are simply “walking is for exercise only” people and don’t understand that walking can be a way of life, and your way of life has to in, use your children and their needs too. We make running errands into a fun morning or afternoon without the car, and it suits lots of needs, including activity.

I swear though, there is so much judging in this board that is so ridiculously petty - this one is especially hilarious.

Seriously, it's the people who say "I only have 10 minutes so I'll drive the kids" who judge the most that I am am saying "I only have a half hour so I'll take put the kid in the stroller rather than walking for 50 minutes at distracted child speed."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could see holing on to ours that long. I like to walk to run errands, and sometimes it’s too far (or too long) for DD, 3.5, To walk. I take the stroller and she can decide to go in or not. If I’m doing a morning of errands, she’ll pop in and out as she gets tired or bored, or to have a snack / drink, etc. It’s great storage for everything too.

We live a brisk 20 min walk from her school, and if it’s a nice day and I’m off, I can go pick her up and we can wander home, but again - it’s pretty far for her sometimes. I guess I could cart her bike while I’m walking but that’s a pain, and sometimes she likes to chill and have a snack while we talk about her day. I can also pack her stuff underneath so we don’t have to carry it while we walk, and it’s perfect if we end up picking up a few groceries or something.

I think many of you anti stroller people are simply “walking is for exercise only” people and don’t understand that walking can be a way of life, and your way of life has to in, use your children and their needs too. We make running errands into a fun morning or afternoon without the car, and it suits lots of needs, including activity.

I swear though, there is so much judging in this board that is so ridiculously petty - this one is especially hilarious.

she’s 3.5. I assume you won’t be doing this when she’s 6.

[Anonymous]

Imagine having a life so empty that you fill it by starting a thread about what some random neighbor is choosing to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sister lives in Manhattan and literally all the kids up until 7 or 8 ride in strollers to their neighborhood school. It’s just a fast and efficient way to walk to school. Kids walk some of the way but maybe hop in to eat or whatever or are running late. It looks totally bizarre to me because in my area (Arlington) you never see that past like going to the zoo for the day. So maybe she’s from NYC? Or another urban area where it’s common.

I lived in Manhattan for 5 years and visit often I literally never saw an 8 year old in a stroller. That sounds completely absurd. It's harder to push an 8 year old in a stroller down a Manhattan street than it is to walk with. What neighborhood is that? Must be the UES

Yeah, this is crazy to me. Some 8 year olds are like a year or less away from menstruating, and their parents are still pushing them around in a stroller?!

[Anonymous]

Stop shaming people, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My sister lives in Manhattan and literally all the kids up until 7 or 8 ride in strollers to their neighborhood school. It’s just a fast and efficient way to walk to school. Kids walk some of the way but maybe hop in to eat or whatever or are running late. It looks totally bizarre to me because in my area (Arlington) you never see that past like going to the zoo for the day. So maybe she’s from NYC? Or another urban area where it’s common.

I lived in Manhattan for 5 years and visit often I literally never saw an 8 year old in a stroller. That sounds completely absurd. It's harder to push an 8 year old in a stroller down a Manhattan street than it is to walk with. What neighborhood is that? Must be the UES

Yeah that’s ridiculous even in Manhattan. My now 8 year old ran her first 5k at age 7! The reason some of these kids can’t walk more than a quarter mile is because nobody ever lets them build up stamina! They are always shoved on a stroller.

You should get her ping something more useful than running 5ks. She could be helping her community by sewing masks or something.

What?!? First, the 5ks she has run have been school fundraisers or charity fundraisers. She has done 3 in total. She ran with a gaggle or similarly aged kids each time. She does lots of other things, too. Riding in a stroller isn’t one of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could see holing on to ours that long. I like to walk to run errands, and sometimes it’s too far (or too long) for DD, 3.5, To walk. I take the stroller and she can decide to go in or not. If I’m doing a morning of errands, she’ll pop in and out as she gets tired or bored, or to have a snack / drink, etc. It’s great storage for everything too.

We live a brisk 20 min walk from her school, and if it’s a nice day and I’m off, I can go pick her up and we can wander home, but again - it’s pretty far for her sometimes. I guess I could cart her bike while I’m walking but that’s a pain, and sometimes she likes to chill and have a snack while we talk about her day. I can also pack her stuff underneath so we don’t have to carry it while we walk, and it’s perfect if we end up picking up a few groceries or something.

I think many of you anti stroller people are simply “walking is for exercise only” people and don’t understand that walking can be a way of life, and your way of life has to in, use your children and their needs too. We make running errands into a fun morning or afternoon without the car, and it suits lots of needs, including activity.

I swear though, there is so much judging in this board that is so ridiculously petty - this one is especially hilarious.

+1000 to the bolded.

So much of the judgment towards other parents on these boards is based entirely on lacking the imagination to envision a life even slightly different from their own. My family is like this, too. They live in the Midwest and drive everywhere and think I'm weird or trying to prove something with my parenting choices. My sister started telling people I was into attachment parenting because I used a carrier when my kid was a baby. I don't even know what attachment parenting is, it was just a lot easier to go places on foot with a carrier than hauling the stroller + carseat attachment my family had convinced me was the only viable option.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is a question every week on this site.

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Thanks for the info! I'll probably post the same thing on the same post about strollers next week.

You probably will. How sad.

[Anonymous]

2 and a half for my son. I was sad since his stroller was my favorite baby item.

[Anonymous]

Mom of 3 here, and I can't even imagine my little 2 year old wanting to stay in a stroller.

[Anonymous]

Can the kids walk? Then they walk as far as they can, and I will carry them or we’ll stop.