If it works for you then use it. If you are with your kids it is understandable.

I was asked where I bought my mountain bike this past fall if I wanted a kickstand and promptly told them "no." First thought was the peer pressure, what would my cycling friends think of me, especially the guys. Second I have gotten so used to finding a place to lean my bike I would forget to use it anyway. I must admit it was a little ackward a few years ago when I got my new bike when it didn't have one. I fell in love with a race bike so of course that would have been a heresy , not to mention no place to put it.