Child Leashes. Your thoughts?

[♥Ariel♥]

i am going to sound like a hypcrite when i say this but try to see it from my point. I am against child leashes. I think it is horrible. Not so much around where i live but when i visit family in Georgia i will be play kickball or something in the yard with my cousins and we see numerous people walking their children. It is horrible. But we do have a leash for my little brother. We went up to north carolina one year and got him on for when we where on top of mountains hiking. It came in handy. He got too close to the edge and fell fowards, it was kinda scary because he probobly would have fallen real close but he was on the leash so he was okay cause my mom helped him back up and stuff then when we got off the mountain and where walking downstairs into this gifts shop place my mom took it off of him cause it was not needed obviolsy. SO i think for things like that it is okay, but for the most part it is mean.

 

[DISKATER69]

It has nothing to do with laziness.

Also? I sincerely hope you're joking with that last post. You GPS track criminals, cars, and pets. Not children.

So are you telling me that putting a little GPS tracker in their pocket is inhumane, but putting a leash on the friggen kid is?

 

[Addicted.to.Speed]

You GPS track criminals, cars, and pets. Not children.

You also put leashes on pets not children...

 

[MickeyisBeast]

I think the little monkey harnesses are cute, and it's easier for the parents to keep track of the kids. Some kids run off easily, do you want to have your kid get lost and kidnapped? Cuz that could happen...
I seriously dont see anything wrong with it. Just my opinion.

 

[BabyPiglet]

If you think that holding their hand seems like a bad idea just gps track them. Then nobody will stare at you like the child leash. Kids are people, not pets.

You're...joking right? That won't give anyone peace of mind. Maybe when you grow up, you'll understand. It has nothing to do with the parent being lazy, it has everything to do with them wanting their child to be close and safe.

if you feel the need to use them on your child, fine, whatever.
but i think that they are wrong, and i would never use one on my own children.

Don't say you wouldn't do something until you're in their shoes.

 

[DISKATER69]

You're...joking right? That won't give anyone peace of mind. Maybe when you grow up, you'll understand. It has nothing to do with the parent being lazy, it has everything to do with them wanting their child to be close and safe.

Don't say you wouldn't do something until you're in their shoes.

I like how in your sigg that you are against child abuse. So let's tie the kid to your hand so they don't go anywhere. Let's just train them like dogs to never leave your side. How did people live without these things before they were invented? There wasn't any more problems then there is now.

 

[::Snow_White::]

If the leash is not hurting the child, how is that child abuse? It's trying to keep them safe and near you so they don't run off and get lost or kidnapped until they learn not to run off.

 

[imabrat]

Jenny, the problem is you and I are a little bit more mature than a few and see things outside the box.
Kids don't need the kind of discipline some are saying. Children have their own personalities too, and quite frankly would you like having to sit in a stroller for hours upon hours? No.

If you think getting aggressive and scaring your child from running away again will help, and qualifies as disipline - think again.

 

[imabrat]

I like how in your sigg that you are against child abuse. So let's tie the kid to your hand so they don't go anywhere. Let's just train them like dogs to never leave your side. How did people live without these things before they were invented? There wasn't any more problems then there is now.

Don't know if you've noticed, these things were invented because over time, children started getting more rowdy! Parents are relaxing on standards now, so kids become more rambunctious and do what they want. Which is good, within reason.

If you look to children from the 1900s, and then to children from the 2000s, you can not possibly tell me there's no difference in terms of behavior.

 

[mushuman11]

I agree. I guess the you should use a leash depending on the kind of kid. If the kid runs off a lot for no reason, then i can understand something like the kid holding the parents hand. The leash just seems wierd to me.

 

[BabyPiglet]

I like how in your sigg that you are against child abuse. So let's tie the kid to your hand so they don't go anywhere. Let's just train them like dogs to never leave your side. How did people live without these things before they were invented? There wasn't any more problems then there is now.

I'd rathar teach them to run around me at a safe distance, than sit in a stroller all the time. It's win-win situation, dude. The kid gets to run around and burn off steam, and the parent gets peace of mind knowing their child won't be kidnapped or run off.

And LIKE Shelby stated (her mom works for DCS), and I'm stating (my parents were foster parents for many years, so they know this stuff. My mom also works closely with DCS) child harnesses are NOT child abuse, and are highly approved by DCS (the Department of Children Services).

Jenny, the problem is you and I are a little bit more mature than a few and see things outside the box.
Kids don't need the kind of discipline some are saying. Children have their own personalities too, and quite frankly would you like having to sit in a stroller for hours upon hours? No.

If you think getting aggressive and scaring your child from running away again will help, and qualifies as disipline - think again.

 

[OneTreeHill]

Don't say you wouldn't do something until you're in their shoes.

Very true. I don't think I'd ever use one, but I'll never know until I have children and see.

 

[BabyPiglet]

Very true. I don't think I'd ever use one, but I'll never know until I have children and see.

: I understand that. Like I say I'm not going to feed my kids junk food, but hey, maybe I will once in a while, right? I don't have kids right now, so I can't say for sure.

 

[I Am What I Am]

I'd rathar teach them to run around me at a safe distance, than sit in a stroller all the time. It's win-win situation, dude. The kid gets to run around and burn off steam, and the parent gets peace of mind knowing their child won't be kidnapped or run off.

And LIKE Shelby stated (her mom works for DCS), and I'm stating (my parents were foster parents for many years, so they know this stuff. My mom also works closely with DCS) child harnesses are NOT child abuse, and are highly approved by DCS (the Department of Children Services).

Jenny, the problem is you and I are a little bit more mature than a few and see things outside the box.
Kids don't need the kind of discipline some are saying. Children have their own personalities too, and quite frankly would you like having to sit in a stroller for hours upon hours? No.

If you think getting aggressive and scaring your child from running away again will help, and qualifies as disipline - think again.

Another reason is absence seizures. My younger brother has them and has almost wondered away a couple times. If there is a small child who has them and wonders away during them, then a restraint on the child is a good idea.

 

[crazytp93]

SOMETIMES.

Kids can wander off.

Good for places like WDW, or very crowded places.

Personally though, I would never use one.

 

[Axel]

You also put leashes on pets not children...

point, but I'd rather have my kid on a leash (restraint, harness, whatever you want to call it) and within my sight than do what diskater suggested and GPS track them, where while I may know where they are, I don't know what's going on there.

: I understand that. Like I say I'm not going to feed my kids junk food, but hey, maybe I will once in a while, right? I don't have kids right now, so I can't say for sure.

ditto. I always say there are things I'm not going to do with my kids, but you can never know until it happens.

 

[Sparx]

i love it when people who don't have kids think they're qualified to criticize parenting decisions.

 

[MickeyisBeast]

I would never use one...

But dont you think that sometimes it's the parents fault that the kids are insane? (Not all of the time... just some of the time. The parents could try to control their kids a little better.) But then again, kids are filled with energy and are hyper, thus they would need to be by the parents side so they wouldn't get lost.

 

[BabyPiglet]

I would never use one...

But dont you think that sometimes it's the parents fault that the kids are insane? (Not all of the time... just some of the time. The parents could try to control their kids a little better.) But then again, kids are filled with energy and are hyper, thus they would need to be by the parents side so they wouldn't get lost.

I think there's a difference of being hyper, and being a bad kid. Children are just naturally full of energy and pizazz. Letting them run it off is a good thing. I, myself, just recently realized this. My baby cousin was running all over the house and I was just so tired of it, but then I realized, she's 5. She's got pent up energy. Running around is a good thing.

...well, that really had nothing to do with your post...

 

[MickeyisBeast]

I think there's a difference of being hyper, and being a bad kid. Children are just naturally full of energy and pizazz. Letting them run it off is a good thing. I, myself, just recently realized this. My baby cousin was running all over the house and I was just so tired of it, but then I realized, she's 5. She's got pent up energy. Running around is a good thing.

...well, that really had nothing to do with your post...

Yeah, having them run around and get rid of all the excess energy is a good thing... just not when they're in WDW in the middle of a huge crowd or anything.