Child Leashes. Your thoughts?

[nk2coolol]

i don't see a problem with them...
only if theyre used correctly, tho.

that being said, what the woman in the vid was doing was unacceptable.

 

[laura_<3]

i don't see a problem with them...
only if theyre used correctly, tho.

that being said, what the woman in the vid was doing was unacceptable.

I agree with you.

Here in the UK I see reins ('leashes') used quite a lot. I don't have a problem with them - if used correctly.

My cousin has a 1 year old daughter and uses reins when out and about in more quieter areas (if they were in busy places she would be in her stroller) to keep her from running away as she is quite fast for a 1 year old. In my family they have probably been used on every child, even myself when I was little and when I have a child I will most likely use them. Never were they used in the way the woman in the video was though.

I wonder if reins are more commonly used in the UK than any where else?

 

[Pancakes]

It's up to the parents to decide how they want to raise their child. If they use one or not, it's really none of our business. If you're against them, don't use one. If you like them, use one if you choose.

 

[Fatphil32]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEtzWY_VwhQ

I feel terrible to say that I laughed freaking hard at that. Wow, that was funny. Anyway, I'm neutral on it. Some kids probably do need one or they'd run off or get into something they shouldn't. Dragging your kid like that is pretty ridiculous and shouldn't happen. But, just having a leash or backpack or whatever on them is fine by me.

 

[imabrat]

I feel terrible to say that I laughed freaking hard at that. Wow, that was funny. Anyway, I'm neutral on it. Some kids probably do need one or they'd run off or get into something they shouldn't. Dragging your kid like that is pretty ridiculous and shouldn't happen. But, just having a leash or backpack or whatever on them is fine by me.

I hope I'm reading this wrong, but were you laughing at the mom's anger or the kid being dragged by the neck? I can kinda see the hilarity as far as the mom acting in "desperate times call for desperate measures". (Okay, that probably wasn't a well versed sentence but I have no idea how to put that thought into words, sorry)

But the child being dragged by the neck is absolutely disgusting. You do NOT drag your child (especially by the neck) when they won't co-operate, you pick them up and take them outside.

 

[Fatphil32]

I hope I'm reading this wrong, but were you laughing at the mom's anger or the kid being dragged by the neck? I can kinda see the hilarity as far as the mom acting in "desperate times call for desperate measures". (Okay, that probably wasn't a well versed sentence but I have no idea how to put that thought into words, sorry)

But the child being dragged by the neck is absolutely disgusting. You do NOT drag your child (especially by the neck) when they won't co-operate, you pick them up and take them outside.

I was laughing how the mom went about dragging her kid. She was walking like no one even noticed her and she was doing nothing wrong.. It was funny.

 

[imabrat]

I was laughing how the mom went about dragging her kid. She was walking like no one even noticed her and she was doing nothing wrong.. It was funny.

Oh ok. That's kinda what I was trying to convey, but it didn't really come out right haha. That is funny but completely repulsing. I hope that lady gets fined or something. I know everyone has their rough moments, but c'mon - dragging your kid for a freaking cell phone service?!

 

[BabyPiglet]

Uhm, I hope she gets more than fined. She was dragging her kid around the neck for goodness sakes!

 

[skeeterbuge]

thats just mean and the kids dont need to be treated that way why not just put them in a basket or something

 

[Addicted.to.Speed]

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.

yes cause argueing with people over the internet is so mature

 

[I Am What I Am]

thats just mean and the kids dont need to be treated that way why not just put them in a basket or something

Sometimes, the kids get too big to be in the basket yet are still too small to know not to run off.

 

[Fatphil32]

yes cause argueing with people over the internet is so mature

Actually, they're two of the more mature people on the TB. Especially for being, like what, 15?

Calling them out is quite mature of you...

 

[imabrat]

Uhm, I hope she gets more than fined. She was dragging her kid around the neck for goodness sakes!

Yeah but can CPS take the child away for that one isolated incident (that we know of)? I don't think they can but I really don't know.

yes cause argueing with people over the internet is so mature

What a hypocritical statement, as you've argued with plenty of other
posters here as well.

Actually, they're two of the more mature people on the TB. Especially for being, like what, 15?

Calling them out is quite mature of you...

16. Thank you.

 

[Sparx]

Yeah but can CPS take the child away for that one isolated incident (that we know of)? I don't think they can but I really don't know.

i doubt her children will be taken from her.

cps doesn't WANT to take your kids away from you. they only do it when there is no other possible resort. a lot of things will happen that won't be broadcast publicly, like a psychological evaluation, and all of that stuff.

 

[Addicted.to.Speed]

Actually, they're two of the more mature people on the TB. Especially for being, like what, 15?

Calling them out is quite mature of you...

I just dont appreciate people talking down to other people thats all

What a hypocritical statement, as you've argued with plenty of other
posters here as well.

This is true, but like i said above, i dont appreciate people talking down to others

 

[imabrat]

I just dont appreciate people talking down to other people thats all



This is true, but like i said above, i dont appreciate people talking down to others

I wasn't talking down to others. I was talking to another poster, who happens to be my friend. We both see things from a different standpoint (an adults) and we understand the purpose for a child leash better. I wasn't talking down to anyone, just stating something that most people would consider true, but not everyone.

 

[BabyPiglet]

Actually, they're two of the more mature people on the TB. Especially for being, like what, 15?

Calling them out is quite mature of you...

17.

Yeah but can CPS take the child away for that one isolated incident (that we know of)? I don't think they can but I really don't know.



What a hypocritical statement, as you've argued with plenty of other
posters here as well.



16. Thank you.

Well they can, but I don't think in this situation they will. Like Shelby said, they like to give the parents a chance.

And yeah, it's hypocritical. I seem to remember 'arguing' with that person plenty of other times.

I wasn't talking down to others. I was talking to another poster, who happens to be my friend. We both see things from a different standpoint (an adults) and we understand the purpose for a child leash better. I wasn't talking down to anyone, just stating something that most people would consider true, but not everyone.

Exactly.

 

[pigletgirl]

Let me first off, and say that there is nothing scarier than having a little kid run off, and having some sort of creeper kidnapping them.

Parents around here, use them all the time. It keeps the kid safe. As long as they're used appropriately, I see nothing wrong with them.

 

[imabrat]

Let me first off, and say that there is nothing scarier than having a little kid run off, and having some sort of creeper kidnapping them.

Parents around here, use them all the time. It keeps the kid safe. As long as they're used appropriately, I see nothing wrong with them.

Not even the creeper kidnapper, now it's the good Samaritans! You can't help a child anymore, not because of this stupid PC thing now. If a parent finds their child while you were trying to help the lost child, they'll call the cops on you and press charges. It's disgusting.

 

[pigletgirl]

Not even the creeper kidnapper, now it's the good Samaritans! You can't help a child anymore, not because of this stupid PC thing now. If a parent finds their child while you were trying to help the lost child, they'll call the cops on you and press charges. It's disgusting.

They sure do! And an 'Amber Alert' is issued. Its happened around here more times than once. When the real thing happens nobody will take it seriously.