Raising children is universal, but the environments differ significantly.
I took my child to daycare by pushing a pram 500m. Later I'd half-carry him, and half let him walk. After he was walking consistently he later started to cycle there himself, as I walked alongside.
In a few weeks he'll be walking to his school himself, again a distance of approximately 400-500m - with only one road to cross.
I've seen children take themselves to school from age seven by bus, tram, cycles, or walking here. It is common-place.
Maybe that isn't possible in America because the houses and the schools/daycares are too distant. But that's certainly not universal.
> Maybe that isn't possible in America because the houses and the schools/daycares are too distant.
I live in a small college town in New England. I bike our toddler to/from daycare, our first grader either rides her bike or walks (about 500m). They’ll be able to walk to school through ninth grade, at which point she can ride a bike or take the bus or hitch a ride with mom. It’s definitely possible in much of America, if you simply choose to do it.
I took my child to daycare by pushing a pram 500m. Later I'd half-carry him, and half let him walk. After he was walking consistently he later started to cycle there himself, as I walked alongside.
In a few weeks he'll be walking to his school himself, again a distance of approximately 400-500m - with only one road to cross.
I've seen children take themselves to school from age seven by bus, tram, cycles, or walking here. It is common-place.
Maybe that isn't possible in America because the houses and the schools/daycares are too distant. But that's certainly not universal.