THANK you Pokemon Go

My kid never wants to go for a walk. He ‘hates’ bike riding. Being outside is basically an anathema.

Or I should say WAS an anathema.

In one week, he’s very close to reaching his 10K distance for evolving. Or hatching. Or . . . I don’t know what.

Now he goes for a long long walk, or multiple walks, every day. And he wants to take up bike riding.

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A few days ago, my partner, my sister and I were crossing Penn Ave and a huge truck was barrelling down toward us. My partner was like: “Oh no we are all going to die” but speeding to so much as a swift jog to avoid death seemed beyond his comprehension.

Today, I watched him SPRINT to catch a dratini. SPRINT.

#ilovepokemongo