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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The thread about taking a stroller for a 5 yr old (on a walking-heavy vacation to multiple European cities) made me think about how there are just certain parenting decisions and topics that people are intense about. Like:

- stroller use past a certain age (seems to vary with some people thinking strollers are inappropriate after 2.5, others drawing the line at 4, others at kindergarten)

- age of potty training, people are so heated about this on both sides

- breastfeeding/formula

- daycare v. nanny v. SAHP

What am I missing? I'm a "live and let live" person and don't have strong feelings either way about any of these, and am always taken aback when people are militant about it. Especially when I'll talk to someone who seems fairly chill and then out of nowhere they are like "people who breastfeed past age 1 are engaging in child abuse" or something. I didn't even breastfeed past age 1! But I don't care if others do.

Why are people so intense about these choices? Why so judgmental? It feels like a waste of energy to me.[/quote]
What's wrong with taking a stroller? A 5yo is likely to get tired after walking for a while.[/quote]

I think the argument against strollers is that kids don't get enough physical exercise these days and you are letting your kids get out of shape. I remember some articles on that back in the day. It seems like such a dumb thing to fixate on.

And I do think kids don't get enough time outside and doing exercise but how many of us live in areas where we can just let kids roam free? It's not like our kids can explore the forest like they do in older books, and little kids aren't going to organize their own game of baseball because there are no empty fields around and you have to have permission to use the regular baseball fields. Not to mention the fact that if you let an 8-year old walk around the block, you might get a visit from CPS. And then of course you have people judging us for putting our kids in organized sports activities! It's all so absurd.[/quote]

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