MATTERHORN
<font color=purple>HA HA take that all of you unco
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- Oct 27, 2003
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I also am one that will never use a leash. Whatever happened to MAKING your children stay next to you. If my child was to try to wander away, I would hold their hand. If they didn't like it, I would hold their hand harder. Point is I have two completely opposite children, first was an angel compared to the second, but they both know absolutely at no time can they walk away from me. I think it takes a lot of perdistance on the parents part to do this, and some just don't have work at it. I suppose a leash is easier than teaching your child that it's not acceptable.
The other day I saw a Grandma (obvious by the way she was gushing over the child) and she was walking through the mall with her grandson, I assume, on a leash. He was crawling through the whole mall, on the nasty floors, and barking the whole way, and she got the biggest kick out of it. She was laughing and thought it was so cute, and she just kept "walking" him! It was the most rediculous thing I have ever seen. I really, really, really wanted to say something, but it would have gotten ugly. I can't believe people actually do that. And no I am not saying that everyone here does this, but leashes were made for dogs and that just reinforced my beliefs. Poor Kid.
Believe it or not, people who don't use leashes don't constantly lose their kids, so it can be done without one! To each his/her own, just my opinion, and I feel very strongly about this. It's kinda like that old saying, give a man a fish adn he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he's good to go. Put a child on a leash and they are safe for now, but unless you teach them how to act, good luck when you don't have one available!
Andrea
The other day I saw a Grandma (obvious by the way she was gushing over the child) and she was walking through the mall with her grandson, I assume, on a leash. He was crawling through the whole mall, on the nasty floors, and barking the whole way, and she got the biggest kick out of it. She was laughing and thought it was so cute, and she just kept "walking" him! It was the most rediculous thing I have ever seen. I really, really, really wanted to say something, but it would have gotten ugly. I can't believe people actually do that. And no I am not saying that everyone here does this, but leashes were made for dogs and that just reinforced my beliefs. Poor Kid.
Believe it or not, people who don't use leashes don't constantly lose their kids, so it can be done without one! To each his/her own, just my opinion, and I feel very strongly about this. It's kinda like that old saying, give a man a fish adn he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he's good to go. Put a child on a leash and they are safe for now, but unless you teach them how to act, good luck when you don't have one available!
Andrea