I Refused to Put My Toddler in a Stroller

I didn't spend nine months growing those legs for nothing.

Last year, I responded to a tweet asking for unpopular parenting takes with my most Flynn-from-Rapunzel-swords-at-the-throat hot take:

We should stop putting kids in strollers as soon as they learn how to walk.

The replies, while in abject disagreement, admitted that I at least understood the assignment.

Let me get my caveats out of the way:

1. I live in a cute suburb that is fully unwalkable. None of my errands or outings are within walking distance, and even if they were, we don't have sidewalks. So when I say my 13-month-old was toddling around without a stroller, I mean after we've already driven to our destination.

2. I am good at suffering.

To elaborate on that second point, I have to get into one of my Life Philosophies.