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Kids on a leash in public
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Anonymous
| Why are all of you feeding the troll? The OP is obviously just trying to start a flame war (frequently does this) and is sock puppeting along the way as well. |
Anonymous
Everything about a toddler is irrational. They have poor impulse control and raging emotions. You obviously have never had a toddler or read any books on them. Check this one out, it will explain how a toddler thinks and how not in control they are. http://www.amazon.com/Your-Two-Year-Old-Louise-Bates-Ames/dp/0440506387 This book addresses the issues of appropriate developmental milestones, including cognitive abilities, interaction with others, attention span, language recognition, interpersonal relationships, etc. Since you know nothing about small children I suggest you do some research. |
Anonymous
| We have one - it gives us great peace of mind at really crowded, big places like the airport, etc. Our son hates it, but I'd rather have him mad at me than missing or hit by a car! |
Anonymous
Ditto. |
Anonymous
| Well my daughter had a harness, that was like a backpack. It had a stuffed monkey for the backpack part that harnessed to her and the "tail" was the leash part. She called it her "monkey backpack" and she LOVED it! She ASKED to put it on. She was a bolter. A bolter who thought it was hysterical to run from Mommy in a crowded parking lot or mall. When toddlers reach a certain age they want to walk and be out of the stroller, but they need to be SAFE. They can wriggle out of a hand hold. And the stroller straps just made her scream! I could go anywhere because she didn't want to be in the stroller. But I'll be damned if I was going to let her get run over because some uptight person didn't approve. The leash actually restrains them far LESS than a stroller. |
Anonymous
| No question am I going to get a leash. I grew up in S Fl, in the days when Adam Walsh was kidnapped from the Sears playroom--it takes seconds for your kid to be grabbed. |
Anonymous
Because nobody really cares about leashes anyway. |
Anonymous
They could just cut through the leash though! it would take less than a second with a sharp knife! |
Anonymous
Wha? |
Anonymous
Yeah...never used a leash and my son never got hit by a car and I have never lost him. He bolted from me in a store about 6 weeks ago and I talked to him about how dangerous that was...I didn't leash him like an animal. And he is 3. |
Anonymous
You are very lucky. Nuff said. |
Anonymous
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My friend was very anti-leash, until she had to fly across the country with her very active 2- year-old and no help. She got a dog backpack for him, which he loved, and he had great fun pretending to be a dog (much to her chagrin).
Never judge what someone else is doing if it keeps the child safe in a potentially dangerous situation. |
Anonymous
I am not lucky...I just work on keeping control of my kid. And no we don't live on a dirt road. We spend a lot of time in the city and other busy settings and he knows that we hold hands or we leave. |
Anonymous
Great for your kid, "You either hold my hand or we don't buy the toilet paper we are out of" or "You either hold my hand or Mommy stops trying to return this item" -- I don't get it. You have things to do, don't you? Does your child get to dictate whether or not you get them done? |
Anonymous
How many kids did you have? those with 2 or more often feel differently about the leash issue. |