Originally Posted by
marqueemoon
Find a way to bring along a lightweight pair of "normal" shoes along or just switch pedals when riding with your kid. I mean if you're riding with your kid you're probably hauling extra stuff anyway.
Why?
When you're wearing something like the Lake shoes I mentioned, you can cycle, go for a hike around a lake, go for a walk around town looking for a nice café, go grocery shopping, and hop back on the bicycle again to ride ... all without hauling extra stuff or changing shoes and pedals.
Incidentally, I also use the dual-sided pedals - platform on one side and clipless on the other.