Moral dilemma

[BeeLady]

What about inviting the kids (with parent's permission) to go for a short ride with you around the immediate neighborhood while you are wearing all your cool gear? If they will ride with you they'll have to follow the traffic laws . I'm thinking they might automatically just follow you without you saying anything.

Worth a try; otherwise I don't know. Some parents are kinda touchy, but they may view you in a positive way as an "authority" if you talk to them while you are wearing full cycling gear.

[Lifesgreat]

What about inviting the kids (with parent's permission) to go for a short ride with you around the immediate neighborhood while you are wearing all your cool gear? If they will ride with you they'll have to follow the traffic laws . I'm thinking they might automatically just follow you without you saying anything.

Worth a try; otherwise I don't know. Some parents are kinda touchy, but they may view you in a positive way as an "authority" if you talk to them while you are wearing full cycling gear.

I second this.

[Pedal Wench]

I was hoping he would come back around for a second lap, because I was gonna do just that - hop out and see if he wanted to follow me. I don't have a rapport with them - wave to them when I'm out with the dog, but that's about it. They're Japanese, and I don't think the wife speaks English, but honestly, I don't know.

If I see them out, I'll try to talk to them. Casual-like. They do see me outside in all my gear, so they know I ride.

Thanks - I knew I could count on you to offer opinions.

What about inviting the kids (with parent's permission) to go for a short ride with you around the immediate neighborhood while you are wearing all your cool gear? If they will ride with you they'll have to follow the traffic laws . I'm thinking they might automatically just follow you without you saying anything.

Worth a try; otherwise I don't know. Some parents are kinda touchy, but they may view you in a positive way as an "authority" if you talk to them while you are wearing full cycling gear.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I think that talking to the kids might be a fine idea. Inviting them to ride with you, even with asking the parents first- might be seen by the parents as an odd thing to do. I myself would have second thoughts about letting my kids go riding with a strange adult, even a woman. But their being Japanese immigrants makes it even more tricky, as Japanese people tend to maintain more formal boundaries (so my Japanese sister in law tells me). I can also easily imagine that their first reaction might be worrying that their kids had done something wrong and were creating trouble. The kids speak better English, so your communications with them will be much less likely to be misunderstood. Maybe the simpler you keep it the better the outcome under these circumstances.