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Anonymous wrote:My 8 year old weighs 50lbs. If you have a special needs child who cannot walk you’ll get better answers on that forum.

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:City dweller here. While your preschooler might be capable of walking the distance you need to commute, don’t you ever find yourself needing to commute somehow *quickly*? That is when the stroller really comes in handy. Sure your 4 year old can walk 5 miles, but can he do it in a timely fashion?

No one is walking five miles “quickly.”

My 4 year old knows to walk with purpose when we're in a hurry. We love taking leisurely exploration walks, but we're long past the toddler days of needing to inspect every object on the sidewalk when we need to be someplace. We have a .75 mile walk to preschool every day that takes us exactly 15 minutes when we need it to.

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Anonymous wrote:My 11yo is 55 lbs. He walks, runs, and bikes. He has also reminded me that he will get his driver’s license in 5 more years.

Well your 11yo is tiny. Nothing wrong with that, but im not sure what your point is.

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Anonymous wrote:OK, my 4.5 year old is 48 lbs and 3 ft 9 inches. From CDC "Based on the height and weight entered, the BMI is 16.1, placing the BMI-for-age at the 70th percentile for boys aged 4 years 6 months. This child has healthy weight." So it's totally normal to have a preschooler who is 50 lbs if tall. Mine can still fit into a BOB. For suburbia, yes it doesn't make sense. But for the city, yes, they still need a stroller, they can't walk 5 miles. We go hiking a lot and mine gets tired after 3 miles.

At 4.5 they should be walking on the sidewalk properly

The average American moves half of that daily, but of course we expect small children to do it.

You live 5 miles from the nearest subway station or bus stop and don't have a car? Or are you too lazy to train your 4.5 year old to not run into traffic?

You mean educate? I train my dog, not my child. No dummy, I jog with my kid in the stroller. Some of us exercise outdoors and take the kids along.

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Anonymous wrote:OK, my 4.5 year old is 48 lbs and 3 ft 9 inches. From CDC "Based on the height and weight entered, the BMI is 16.1, placing the BMI-for-age at the 70th percentile for boys aged 4 years 6 months. This child has healthy weight." So it's totally normal to have a preschooler who is 50 lbs if tall. Mine can still fit into a BOB. For suburbia, yes it doesn't make sense. But for the city, yes, they still need a stroller, they can't walk 5 miles. We go hiking a lot and mine gets tired after 3 miles.

At 4.5 they should be walking on the sidewalk properly

The average American moves half of that daily, but of course we expect small children to do it.

You live 5 miles from the nearest subway station or bus stop and don't have a car? Or are you too lazy to train your 4.5 year old to not run into traffic?

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Anonymous wrote:City dweller here. While your preschooler might be capable of walking the distance you need to commute, don’t you ever find yourself needing to commute somehow *quickly*? That is when the stroller really comes in handy. Sure your 4 year old can walk 5 miles, but can he do it in a timely fashion?

No one is walking five miles “quickly.”

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Anonymous wrote:OK, my 4.5 year old is 48 lbs and 3 ft 9 inches. From CDC "Based on the height and weight entered, the BMI is 16.1, placing the BMI-for-age at the 70th percentile for boys aged 4 years 6 months. This child has healthy weight." So it's totally normal to have a preschooler who is 50 lbs if tall. Mine can still fit into a BOB. For suburbia, yes it doesn't make sense. But for the city, yes, they still need a stroller, they can't walk 5 miles. We go hiking a lot and mine gets tired after 3 miles.

At 4.5 they should be walking on the sidewalk properly

The average American moves half of that daily, but of course we expect small children to do it.

Anonymous wrote:City dweller here. While your preschooler might be capable of walking the distance you need to commute, don’t you ever find yourself needing to commute somehow *quickly*? That is when the stroller really comes in handy. Sure your 4 year old can walk 5 miles, but can he do it in a timely fashion?

Anonymous wrote:My 11yo is 55 lbs. He walks, runs, and bikes. He has also reminded me that he will get his driver’s license in 5 more years.