03-11-2019, 07:07 PM
Hope you bounce back quickly.
I have the same feelings as you. It's tricky for me to know what to do. My family has organized itself so a lot of what we do is within walking distance, because I think walking is a very good thing to do (that's understating how I feel about it). I don't want to tell my kids it's important to walk, I want to show them by doing it on a daily basis, for all kinds of trips.
I don't really want to put them in a car for a two-kilometre trip, say: it's better to walk by almost all criteria besides speed. But, in the winter, walking also seems less safe than driving. So I'm tempted to drive instead. But, then, why limit us to destinations in our neighbourhood if we're in the car anyway? We might as well go further afield.
That's not really what I want, but what I really want- to be able to safely walk places- might not be possible in Kitchener.
I have the same feelings as you. It's tricky for me to know what to do. My family has organized itself so a lot of what we do is within walking distance, because I think walking is a very good thing to do (that's understating how I feel about it). I don't want to tell my kids it's important to walk, I want to show them by doing it on a daily basis, for all kinds of trips.
I don't really want to put them in a car for a two-kilometre trip, say: it's better to walk by almost all criteria besides speed. But, in the winter, walking also seems less safe than driving. So I'm tempted to drive instead. But, then, why limit us to destinations in our neighbourhood if we're in the car anyway? We might as well go further afield.
That's not really what I want, but what I really want- to be able to safely walk places- might not be possible in Kitchener.