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Running is ok, but not like a crazy person. No jumping though since we live in an apartment and I try to be considerate of the neighbors.

Not allowed....it always ends in falls.

Yes! He needs to burn his energy on the days it's too cold to go outside. We have an open concept main floor so we don't have many falls/hazards. Every night we play "freeze." Essentially, he runs around like a mad man until I say "freeze." We play until he's worn out!

He does laps around the island in the kitchen (unless I'm cooking). Otherwise, there really isn't anywhere to run. The kids are all allowed to go downstairs and play and run if they want.

For sure! We are trapped inside a bit with the weather and LO needs to get her energy out. Mostly it is just around in circles in her room as a game, though, or back and forth in there.

Yep!

Yes, definitely. It's part of our nightly routine. We have a loop going from our kitchen to our dining room back into the hallway and into the family room that connects with the kitchen. I chase him around almost every night.

D can't. He's too big for running in the house. He did when he was little, though.

Our house isn't big enough to run in!! Ha.

Absolutely. I was not allowed to run as a child, not for any concern for my safety, but more because my parents didn't like to see me being loud and active and boisterous. Yeah, that's as bad as it sounds. They did an excellent job of raising me to be absolutely sedentary, and I've spent my adult life trying to reverse that damage. It makes me furious to think that no matter how hard I work at it, I'll probably never have the kind of core strength and muscle that my 3 year old daughter already has.

So yeah, my daughter runs, jumps, screams, etc in the house. Usually all at once. I won't be making the mistakes that my parents did.

@Astro Bee: No, it was because they were chronically ill, overwhelmed, and stressed out by the demands of an active child. I do suspect that they would have seen a boy's energy as more 'natural' and more deserving of an outlet, but since I was a girl, they felt fine just telling me to stop, period.

Clearly, I'm pretty angry about this. I totally understand not letting a child run around where they're going to fall, or near stairs, or whatever. But I do think that girls are disproportionately not allowed to run around and be active, and I think it really, really sucks.

@Sarac: I'm sorry to hear that. It must have been a difficult way to grow up. My dad encouraged me in everything I did - he was the one to teach me and my little brother to play baseball and ice hockey, and we also spent lots of time "helping" him fix things around the house. As I said, my mom just wanted me to wear dresses and be a lady - whatever that means. Consequently, I have a much better relationship with my dad.

But not everyone was so accepting, i.e. my hockey coaches, which included my mom's brother. I felt a lot of anger and resentment towards them for almost 20 yrs, and it took a lot to get over that. Now in my 30s, I still play, whereas, many of my male teammates frol back then do not! Anyway, because of all of this, I feel very strongly in encouraging all kids to run, be active, and play sports. Just a little worried about the running on slippery floors,