The popular consensus is that using a stroller beyond a certain age limit makes a child lazy right from the childhood. In such cases, parents often need to use a stroller or a push chair, even for big kids. Psychologically, the impact of being dependent on strollers after a certain stage of development is even more serious. Experts agree that there is no universal standard stroller age limit as it varies, depending on a number of factors. Not all children reach the same level of physical or mental maturity at the same age and there are of course, special cases as mentioned before.
However, in most cases, parents should stop letting their kids use a stroller at around the three-year mark. The 50 — 55 lbs upper limit on most strollers is there to make sure that it can carry even the heavier toddlers around without an issue, rather than to accommodate a 4-year old kid under normal circumstances. So, yeah, my kids are bigger than infants and toddlers but, as far as humans go, they're still pretty small.
And above and beyond all that they're not always as capable of dealing as an adult. So why don't we just accept that kids are going to be graded on a curve and that it's sort of absurd to judge them based on our standards?
And, if you don't have much experience with children, maybe reserve judgement based on the fact that you don't know WTF you're even talking about.
There's no shame in not knowing something. There's a lot of things I don't know, and when I don't know I trust other people who do live that experience know what they're doing. You can't know who is using a stroller in that way just by looking. So recognize that there may be a really good reason for someone to be using a stroller based on information you do not have and are not entitled to.
Or they could just use a stroller, which accomplishes the same goal. Also wheelchairs are expensive AF. Also they tend to be a bit more cumbersome than strollers. Also, what are we considering "big kid" here?
Because if I'm going to base my decisions off someone else's comfort then whose comfort are we going with? And what age is "too old" to use a stroller? What if my 7-year-old son looks 5? What if I have a 3-year-old daughter who looks 6? I lived a good chunk of my adult life in New York City , which means I'm a fast walker.
Now that we live in rural Connecticut, my husband regularly has to grab me by the shoulder to slow me down, at which point I'll see my kids several yards behind me because of course they are.
I'm basically power walking. It's like having a little caravan wagon with you which, depending on the kind of outing you're having, is tremendously useful. Like, are you spending the whole day at the zoo?
Is it an early spring day so you don't know if your kids are going to need jackets or not and you might get stuck holding all of them? Did your kid really, really, really want to bring their stuffed animal and it wasn't worth arguing over but you didn't want to carry it for the rest of the day?
Seriously, I know we're all old and jaded and misery loves company but is a child enjoying something really so terrible that it must be stopped? My kids feel like a stroller is like tiny roller-coaster. Remember that level of simple pleasure and whimsy? Though the American Academy of Pediatrics doesn't have official guidelines for when to stop using a stroller, Shu says that "kids should be transitioning out of a stroller at around three years old.
If that is the case, then why do most manufacturers produce strollers that are approved for up to 50 pounds of kiddie cargo -- the average weight of a seven-year-old? Beyond encouraging a child's development and mobility, Dr. Ari Brown, parenting expert and co-author of "Baby ," says using a stroller past the age of 4 or 5 is also discouraging kids from being active and independent. Considering young kids should get at least 60 minutes of exercise daily, parents may be cutting into that physical activity time by pushing them around all the time in a stroller, Shu adds.
When is a stroller appropriate? For infants and toddlers three and younger who don't have the stamina or strength to walk, especially long distances, or the ability to follow directions and stick by their parent's side, strollers are very useful, Brown and Shu say. Even into age four and five, strollers are appropriate in certain circumstances, such as on public transit or in very crowded areas where it may be hard to keep track of a child.
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