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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Licensed to Ride Percentage of 16-year-olds licensed to drive has dropped		25 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 4:52 PM on 25 Feb 2008 The percentage of 16-year-olds with a U.S. driver's license has decreased sharply in the last decade, from 43.8 percent in 1998 to 29.8 percent in 2006. Rising insurance costs, expensive driver education, and an increase in indoor pastimes are more likely to be driving the trend than environmental awareness -- and sure, most yoots still get around in four-wheeled transportation, chaffeured ...
Topics: cars, green living, news, parenting, placemaking (all these topics)

Ignorance is bliss Do parents lose or gain by taking kids outdoors?	Christine Gardner	26 Jun 2007	Gristmill
I'm a little bitter about not playing soccer. Or softball. Or piano. I did take dance lessons, but the name 'Klutzy Chrissy' didn't happen by accident. My parents preferred to send me outside. Even in our Detroit neighborhood, which developed a reputation during the last 30 years of offering a wide assortment of crack houses, my friends and I explored the alleys while making sure to wear shoes as protection from broken bottles. Ah, nature. My parents certainly ...
Topics: parenting, placemaking, green living (all these topics)

Pedal parenting My bike and kids	Christine Gardner	24 May 2007	Gristmill
The Bike-To-Work-Week gods had plans for me ... even though I don't actually work. On Mother's Day, May 13, a wheel fell off my stroller. Walking is my main mode of transportation, and I love it. Even with its distance limitations, pushing a stroller felt like a safe alternative to driving and less annoying than taking the bus. My daughters, 18 months and 3, are too old for us to justify buying another stroller and too young to walk the two-mile round ...
Topics: bikes, green living, parenting, placemaking (all these topics)

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