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

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[b]Can you imagine our grandparents using a leash[/b]?[/quote]

Perhaps our grandparents didn't, but our great-great-etc.'s did...ever heard of "leading strings"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_strings
"Leading strings served two functions: reducing bumps and bruises in children who are just learning to walk, and [b]restraining young children who might injure themselves by walking or running into unsafe places." [/b]

This is where the phrase "loosen the apron strings" i.e., give your kids more independence comes from.

I think a leash/harness/leading string/whatever is a perfectly fine safety tool to use while you are teaching your child to walk safely with you.  And, will probably get you there more quickly than just strapping him into a stroller.  Both stroller and leash are child restraints, one is just a sitting restraint and one is a walking restraint.   I don't get why people feel so passionately negative about them.

I got one for DS when he was a toddler and I also had a newborn but unfortunately it didn't work for us -- he hated it and would just sit and not move when I put it on.  So, I was stuck with using the double stroller more than I would like.[/quote]

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