Why We Won't Raise Our Kids in Suburbia
Not Just Bikes, YouTube,
Jul 19, 2022
Not Just Bikes is an excellent video channel that analyzes the dysfunctional nature of urban design in Canada and the U.S. and how it makes conditions worse for the people who live there. One thing it touches on in this video is the phenomenon of parents driving children to school. Now I don't want to sound like an old crank, but when I was young, that was exceptionally rare, and it still feels weird to me to see a row of cars waiting at a school to pick up kids (it also makes walking to and from school a lot more dangerous). But the deeper implication is how it impacts children's independence. And it makes me ask, is a car an example of educational technology? Do we properly question the use of the car in education?
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