Why I spent all summer training my kids to bike to school

and why it was worth it

I am what is now referred to as a “free range parent,” but was, in my childhood, just the norm. However, some distinctions need to be made, because free range doesn’t mean feral. There is a sweet spot between feral and helicopter, and most people don’t realize all the load bearing work that goes into trusting your kids to be “free range,” which is not i…