my son paces he always has the main areas of our house are laid out in a square-kitchen to family room to living room to dining room he does the circuit sometimes with a jog behind the kitchen counter and back  it was no bother when he was little but i had to put my foot down once he hit 6 feet and kept growing no pacing in the kitchen when i am cooking you either help or get out nothing like turning around to grab something and smacking into a moving wall