Why fewer women than men cycle in the US

[Veronica]

We had a kid get hit last year by his own driver. He went to the hospital with a dislocated shoulder. The parking lot is always crazy and yeah, a lot of the parents speed through the area.


And frankly, I just think parents are crazy now. They seem to give their kids zero responsibility, constantly enable them and are overprotective. My mom was a single mom with four of her seven kids to raise when my dad took off. We all had chores. I had chickens, rabbits and dogs to feed and water before I went to school every day. We lived in the middle of nowhere in Maine and I had an hour bus ride to go to school. There was no question what would happen if I missed the bus. She was NOT going to drive me to school and I would be in major trouble. I got up to my own alarm starting in third grade. My mom did make sure I had breakfast and that I had brushed my teeth. But that was about it. Making sure I had what I needed for school and was ready for the bus was my responsibility, not hers.

Veronica