You can lie to your kids but you can't lie to yourself.
I don't have a suitable solution for that fork above, all I know is it's hard to ride in pace-line at 20mph with 20inch wheels OR off-road, what I'm saying is take a look at yourself
BTW good write up about your cargo, 10/10 dad feels
You know what @youramericanlover I have this as a screen saver on my phone.
It's a good angle and slightly blurry so I am gonna tell my kids it's a steel fork