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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you're a lazy parent.[/quote]

How is this lazier than a stroller or a carrier?  The positive difference being the child can WALK and actually get some exercise.[/quote]

Wow, you really don't get it. I'm guessing you have a collection of toddler leashes.

The parent is lazy because parenting a child by teaching them to hold your hand and not dart in front of traffic actually takes some effort. [/quote]

NP but I don't think you get it. Some children will run away at any time the have a second of freedom or feel your hand lessen its death grip. Airport security flagged our carry on and when I slid it over to them he took off in a second. Just one example.[/quote]

No, you don't get it. By placing a runner child on a leash you avoid teaching them anything. Practically everyone that has children has had them dart away. Do you think you're unique in this? So, you chose to put your child on a leash and wait it out until their natural inclination to run away and explore has subsided. That's one way, I suppose. Not in my family, though. [/quote]

DP.  Obviously you only deal in black and white situations.  Some of us do exactly what you suggest in most normal situations and then augment that in different circumstances, like traveling in the airport with carry on luggage and more than one child, going to an amusement park or mall where there are large crowds of people and a fast moving child can get lost in the crowd in seconds.  Despite your condescension, the teaching process to teach children not to dart away takes time and teaching them on a day-to-day basis, but using the backpack leash in special circumstances when you may have your focus and attention divided is a very valid and reasonable precaution.

I'm amazed that you can see your children to teach them anything with your nose pointed to Heaven all the time.[/quote]

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