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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, May I ask what is your issue with them driving to the park? Isn't your child going to be out and playing outside anyway? 
I can understand a bit of the annoyance of the walk. If it's 20 min one way, plus "packing and loading" time it turns out really being 30 min and that would be 1h roundtrip. It's a waste of playtime that could be used running around playground, or socializing with school friends? Plus I'd always be worried if it's going to rain or if kid has an emergency that I would otherwise quickly get to hospital or home if I had the car. 
I don't see the problem of using the car if it is to go to outdoor activity anyway.

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Are you serious? Why should ANYONE be driving to a park if they live nearby? Isn't the fact that you are outside going to a park meaning that there is decent weather? No rain, you can deal with the wind etc? Promoting laziness, harming the environment, wasting money (on gas) when they can very easily walk there? Yeah, that's a good idea. Also tell the nanny to drive to the corner later in life when the child has a playdate with a neighbor, drive to the corner store to pickup some milk. Packing and loading should not take that long. You should already have a diaper bag ready before you leave the house (who normally doesn't have one sitting ready to go most days anyways?), and the point is to be getting outside for some fresh air AND play. Walks are great for kids. They also might get bored playing at the park but the walk there and back (especially if you can take different streets each way) is a whole different adventure.[/quote]

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