Many parents do think baby walker can help their child learn to walk safely. But in recent years, many experts believe that parents should not let children rely on the baby walker to learn walking, they point out the walker not only does not help children learn to walk; it will hinder their growth development. According to the American Academy recommended to parents should avoid letting their child to use the baby walker, studies shown the walking postures of a child when using the baby walker are far different from a normal walking posture. Because the seat in a baby walker tend to be higher, young children need to tiptoe to push forward, while a normal walking posture is foot sole press forward, these two movement is working the opposite.

Secondly, if children rely on baby walker, in a long term, it will cause their muscle accustomed to improperly movement impede on them to walk the correct way. This could also lead to serious “flat feet”. At the same time this will hinder the child to sit and stand on their own. As for walking, the child can not see their own feet, it is difficult to know where they are going, will delay the child's hand-eye coordination and muscle development. Baby walker seat design will make their feet too far apart, with a long time maintain this position, it is easy to cause the formation of “splayed feet”, pelvis dislocation, and to make pressure on the waist, thus increasing the risk of future risk of scoliosis.

In general, children who are 12 months old do have a great potential of ability to walk, naturally their growth period will come in learning through crawling, standing, the body will try to balance when walking, then parents can encourage their child to take hold on some steady household furniture or hand push car to learn walking. Hand push car allows children to practice balance and moves forward movement and help them to master the correct gait, the medical community also assisted with the development of their children learning to run slow. If the infant 15 to 18 months had not yet learned to walk, parents will have to bring the child to see a doctor for detailed examination.