The Risks We Take By Not Letting Kids Walk to School

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By Angie SchmittOct 4, 2016, 11:37 am90 pts
American kids don’t walk and bike to school much anymore. Even after some modest progress in recent years, only about 20 percent of 5- to 14-year-olds walked or biked to school in 2012, compared to 48 percent in 1969, according to the National Center for Safe Routes to School. Are kids better off in the…

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