[SVBC] WALKING TO SCHOOL ENCOURAGES MORE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

[Ellen Fletcher]

David desJardins <david at desjardins.org> wrote

>As a parent, I find this to be extremely naive.  Making decisions for
>your children without any regard to either their aptitudes or their
>interests went out about 100 years ago.


These days it's more about safety. I've seen the tremendous traffic jam 
around a school at starting time, parents driving their children to 
school because they don't think it's safe for the kids to walk or ride 
bikes to school.

Ellen