To think this is too far to walk?

[TrinidadQueen]

To school for a child?

15 minutes there and then 15 minutes back. Child is 7. It's to collect another child so would have to do the walk back immediately.

Seems fine unless there are additional needs.

Sounds fine to me tbh

It is absolutely not too far, why on earth would you think it was?!

So 30 minutes total? For 7 year old? Sounds absolutely fine, why wouldn't it be?

I think a 7yo should be absolutely fine to do a half hour walk.

Definitely not too far.

No I wouldn't say that's too far for a 7 year old at all.

A 7 year old should be able to manage that without any difficulties in my opinion. Unless there's a mobility/health issue I can't see why a half hour walk would be any problem.

I think thats absolutely fine, don't know anyone personally who would even consider that too far to be honest.
I'd be more concerned if i had a 7 year old that couldn't walk for 30 minutes.

My 3 year old walks 15 mins to the park, runs around the park, and walks 15 mins back with no trouble - is there a particular reason you think your 7 year old might struggle?

Unless there are additional needs you haven’t mentioned, of course it’s not too far!! The child is 7....

Waiting for the massive drip feed...

In the absence of any additional needs you haven't mentioned it sounds absolutely fine. My 6 and 4 year olds do that daily to school.

I'm worried it's too far.

Can’t see the difficulty.

Not unless there is some kind of disability involved.

My kids all walk 40 mins to school and back. Have done since reception, no car. Wind, rain, snow.

Not too far at all. I'm a member of a village walking group. We've had 5 year olds walk 5 - 6 miles (and these aren't children whose parents walk a lot).

I'm sorry to go all three yorkshiremen but 15 minutes? Not miles? We walked that and some everyday. Children up chimneys, digging potatoes for breakfast etc.

By themselves?

Walking for half an hour for a 7 year old? Unless they have a broken leg or their legs are in braces that is absolutely not too far.

Even I, a fat, late 50’s with terminally dodgy knees and an aversion to exercise, could manage that with ease. To be honest I’d expect a four year old to do it without a problem.

It’s good for a child to have lots of exercise.

Do you mean alone? Or with an adult?

With an adult

It's not too far at all OP. Also, the more they do it, the easier it gets.