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I’m about to embark on a topic and present an opinion that might make me very unpopular.<\/em><\/p>\n When the weather cooperates, I have my sons walk to and from school. It’s about 1\/2 mile, gently uphill towards the school, gently downhill all the way home.<\/p>\n We are surrounded by houses with families who drive their kids to the same school every day. We walk past several houses where we see the kids loading up in the cars — to go to the same destination.<\/p>\n So here are some of the things I see:<\/p>\n Benefits to walking to\/from school.<\/p>\n As of now I’m still with the boys every morning and afternoon. I don’t mind. I like the exercise and fresh air, as does Howie.<\/p>\n When it rains, I drive the boys to school. It’s pretty quick to go up and back, but not that much quicker than walking.<\/p>\n I do worry about when Jacob goes to middle school, which is over a mile away without bus service.<\/p>\n I’m not judging you. I will be driving with the rest of them later this winter when the road conditions get too poor for the boys to walk.<\/p>\n But here’s a plea: consider walking if your time, the weather, and your kids can handle it. There’s so much benefit to it. At a minimum, car pool! I understand if you’re limited by young children, jobs, and time overall. You’re not the ones I’m talking to: it’s those who are driving their kids because the kids don’t feel like walking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m about to embark on a topic and present an opinion that might make me very unpopular. When the weather cooperates, I have my sons walk to and from school. It’s about 1\/2 mile, gently uphill towards the school, gently downhill all the way home. We are surrounded by houses with families who drive their … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[175,616,234],"class_list":["post-2579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-kids","tag-ranting","tag-school"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n
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