Backpack leashes for toddlers
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Anonymous
| What are your thoughts on these? DH and I have been toying with the idea for our son so he can walk around more. What do other parents think when they see these used in public? |
Anonymous
| I think you're a lazy parent. |
Anonymous
| How many kids do you have? If only one child, I don't like them. Too dog on a leash to me. Get the child to hold your hand. |
Anonymous
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Depends on the kid and location. At the airport with carpeted floor and a long way to run? Sure.
On a regular basis I wouldn’t since the recoil from the leash would send my kid falling. She’s a runner at 2.5 but I make her hold my hand on streets etc. if she’s not behaving she gets carried like a sack of potatoes and that’s no fun for anyone. |
Anonymous
| We haven't gotten one, but sometimes I wish we had. We live downtown and my DC will sometimes take off. I say get it- better safe than sorry. You can still teach hand holding and stopping at streets, etc. But it's a good insurance policy. People's judgments be damned. You don't know them or owe them any explanation. |
Anonymous
| I have one for my child. Granted he's the youngest of several children, and he has special needs which sometimes makes his actions hard to predict, but I wouldn't think it's lazy parenting for a neurotypical child either. |
Anonymous
I said that too, and then my last one was a runner. We used one OP and do not regret it. |
Anonymous
Love them!!!! Had them for my toddlers. They would otherwise run in opposite directions at the same time. They thought that was fun  Got ones that looked like bears or duck backpacks harness. Even put them on backwards on occasion so they could enjoy them!
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Anonymous
| I think there were okay in a situation where a parent is concerned about safety and is holding their hand, using it as a backup like in an airport. However, I dislike The parents who let the kids run around at the end of the leash like a dog at a park or something. |
Anonymous
How is this lazier than a stroller or a carrier? The positive difference being the child can WALK and actually get some exercise. |
Anonymous
Ever notice how the meanest comment is often the first? Troll. |
Anonymous
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We used one during international travel, mostly in the airports, but also in crowds during that travel. Personally I think safe parent > judgement about being lazy.
Some kids are runners, and if you don’t have one, you don’t get it. That’s fine. It’s seems these days, all parents judge the kids they don’t have until they figure out that all kids aren’t the same (too quiet, too busy, too something). Do what you have to do to keep your child safe, but also understand it doesn’t impact good training/ parenting. And honestly, if you don’t have something, and your kid runs, other parents are going to judge you, and you child could end up injured. So be judged, but your child is safe. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| My kid is a runner, and we thought about getting one when she was 14-18 months. If we had a big airport trip or something like Disney planned during that time, or if she wasn't our only, I absolutely would have gotten one. |
Anonymous
As opposed to those with their kids in strollers like they can’t walk? |