I live on a 12 home cul-de-sac in Victoria, MN- population 4,5000-ish, I hear.

I have 3 boys. They LIVE to be outside. Our house is surrounded by woods, ponds, creeks, bike trails, parks, etc. We bought this house this past Feb. because of this. . .

My 4 and 8 yr.old are big time bikers- the other night they asked if they could bike to ::the end of our street and back:: while I cooked dinner.

“Absolutely”- I said. “It’ll take me 20 minutes to get the food on the table- go back and forth as much as you want- I’ll call you when dinner’s ready”

The nexy day, I had 2 neighbor moms, at different times, ask me if I knew my boys were out biking “on their own” the previous evening. Their eyes and tone showed an incredible feeling of disapproval.

Yes, I appreciate their “It takes a village approach” but seriously???

Thanks for pointing me in Ms. Skenazy’s direction. . .