WHY do parents keep their 2-6 year old children in strollers, when they can clearly walk?

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WHY do parents keep their 2-6 year old children in strollers, when they can clearly walk?

It's a fact that the person's muscles develop in higher quality if that person has been allowed to walk since the time he/she could walk...
Why are some parents determined to put their children in permanent strollers until school?

I've started noticing this more and more. Makes absolutely no sense.

{Yes, some children get tired - the 2-3 year old ones. Some run away and it's easier like this... But not so many of them cause such trouble, and even if the do, why put them in permanent state of rest? It's cruel!}

DreamHope · Accepted Answer

This annoys me too. There is a little 2 year old girl that I babysit and I always have her walk with me. When I go on a walk with her mother there too, the mother always puts her in the stroller despite me offering to hold the little girl's hand as we walk along. She just doesn't want to be slowed down, she wants to power walk.

Marihorror · Accepted Answer

I know exactly what you mean. I have to pick my niece up from elementary school during the school year, and the amount of parents pushing strollers with five year olds is astonishing. The child's feet are damn near dragging across the ground, which is a pretty good indication that they're way to old.

Hans222 · Accepted Answer

I can see two reasons: 1) it's faster and the parents are in a hurry. 2) the parents allowed the children to become lazy and they don't want to walk anymore. Both are, obviously, far from positive!

Theguyoverthere · Accepted Answer

Might be in a situation where the child has been acting up and she's afraid he may get outta control. I see customers at my second job and their kids keep trying to climb on stuff and run off and so on.

SomethingWicked · Answer

The only parents I know who do this are ones that have children with conditions like muscular atrophy and similar conditions, their children can walk, but not for very long, just because a child doesn't look ill, doesn't necessarily meant they are fit and healthy like others their ages.

However, if parents are doing this to healthy children, then it is very concerning indeed.

Nothing_ · Answer

Because a stroller assures a parent that the child is somewhat safer there than on then walking. The child will always be sitting down. Unlike walking were he's all over the place. Sometimes there's siblings which also need to be supervised. It would create much more hassle if two children walking than one.

mutedaisy · Answer

So that they don't run all over the place. It's very hard to keep control over a small child, especially in a public place. Twins are the worst. Dear god I'm thankful we did not have to deal with triplets.

aarsvoldjillian · Answer

Laziness. A loving mother should take pride in seeing her child walking beside her or even just holding the child's hand as they slowly toddle around. If the parent has multiple children with them then that's entirely different

WhaChaChaKing · Answer

Well they may have them in there during their nap time since children have that for a while.  Children can also get pretty worn out throughout the day because they do so much.

Imtheone88 · Answer

Uumm... They're idiot? Lol

CourtJester · Answer

'Murica...

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