With the start of a new school year comes the opportunity to establish new, healthy routines. But statistics show the vast majority of school-aged kids still aren’t getting enough physical activity – ...

A 2015 survey conducted by the national injury-prevention charity Parachute revealed that parent’s prime concern with children walking to school was speeding cars and traffic, followed by abduction.

About 1,900 more elementary school children are expected to walk to school this year after Ottawa's school bus system reorganized. But only eight schools will have paid walking supervisors this ...

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That constant supervision means children are not actually learning how to cross safely on their own, said Lenore Skenazy, who made international news in 2009 when she wrote about letting her nine ...