aceys_h0ney
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Oh I almost forgot one of the best rear facing car seats vs forward facing car seats shame on me!
Light up shoes are just one topic that will cause drama on a parenting message board lol! Here's a few topics to avoid:
spanking
Circumcision
breast vs bottle
character clothes
big hair bows - there was HUGE drama on a board I was on
returning your shopping carts
Stay at home vs working mom
Harnessing
That's all I can think of at the moment
I to was a fantastic parent before having children, so many things I thought have come back and bit me on the backside I parent how I parent and let the rest of the world get on with doing the same.
Kirsten
I never needed this for my child. She was the type if I stopped she bumped into me, but I do understand others need.
But the child "leashes" do entertain me and they give me a giggle.
I don't actually remember the alleged problem, it goes along with character clothes and Walmart. It has been a year or two since I have seen a good light up shoe debate on a message board I stay away now! I agree with the poster above they are awesome for camping! The shoes my kids WILL.NOT own are the ones with the squeakers in them, my kids are noisy enough.
Always thought it was kind of stupid, i personally would never do that. If you cannot handle your kids then dont bring them to places like WDW. But i guess there are always acceptions. I mean if you have a runner who gets lost often it might be a good idea and time for you to look at what you may be doing wrong
And to the PP who said she scares her kids that they would live out their lives with another family, I feel sorry for them if they do get lost, because they are going to panic. Every time we go to crowded public places, I tell my kids what to do if they get lost, to not panic, and we will be reunited. I once lost dd9 at the end of Turtle Talk (kids near the door, we were on the other side of the theater and didn't realize they would open the door and let the kids out). She is my shy, clingy kid, who would never in a million years bolt from us (never left my side as a toddler/preschooler), but still she got lost. It happens.
Always thought it was kind of stupid, i personally would never do that. If you cannot handle your kids then dont bring them to places like WDW. But i guess there are always acceptions. I mean if you have a runner who gets lost often it might be a good idea and time for you to look at what you may be doing wrong
Always thought it was kind of stupid, i personally would never do that. If you cannot handle your kids then dont bring them to places like WDW. But i guess there are always acceptions. I mean if you have a runner who gets lost often it might be a good idea and time for you to look at what you may be doing wrong
From the last line of your signature it appears you may either be in high school or college. Which means you probably do not have children and don't yet understand that this really has nothing to do with not being able to "handle your kids" or figuring out what "you may be doing wrong".
It's about peace of mind. I was always one of the "not on MY child" kind of people. Then DS came along and I realized that I would do ANYTHING to protect the most important thing to me on the planet. We used one at WDW when he was 2 and could not have cared less what anyone else thought. Even a perfectly behaved toddler with a perfectly attentive parent can get separated at WDW because of the crowds.
And, unfortunately, there are bad people out there who will wait and watch for that one brief moment. I know a couple whose DD was taken by someone when their backs were turned for just a moment. They had to bury their little girl. I would much rather see a harness on a small child that watch someone go through the pain of burying one.
Good post..I agree that you can have kids all brought up the same but some are just the type to wander,run off and get lost.It's been my experience that those who only have one or two children tend to be the most judgemental. Four of my kids would never have required leashes, and never got lost. Ds7 - many, many times, and no, I was not doing anything wrong, and he was parented the same as his siblings. He most likely has ADHD, has no fear, and very little impulse control, and he's FAST (fasted kid in 1st grade - they timed them). The times he did get away, the only thing I did wrong was to NOT have him on a leash!
It's sad that someone would condem a parent for taking their child to WDW if that child had issues where a leash would be safter, and expect them to stay home when there was a very easy solution to the problem.
And to the PP who said she scares her kids that they would live out their lives with another family, I feel sorry for them if they do get lost, because they are going to panic. Every time we go to crowded public places, I tell my kids what to do if they get lost, to not panic, and we will be reunited. I once lost dd9 at the end of Turtle Talk (kids near the door, we were on the other side of the theater and didn't realize they would open the door and let the kids out). She is my shy, clingy kid, who would never in a million years bolt from us (never left my side as a toddler/preschooler), but still she got lost. It happens.
I've said before I hate leashes and would never use them but this is just crazy. If you are insinuating that Disney is so dangerous you need a leash to keep your child safe you are just wrong. There has never been an abduction at Disney and all the years and millions of children that have been there.
Use a leash if you want they aren't against the law but don't go using this as a reason.
And if you think it is that dangerous I would never take my child somewhere that they needed to be on a leash to keep from being harmed and possibly you should think about that. Please the world is not the bad place folks like you want to propose. actually it is safer than it was when we were kids, but no one wants to face the real facts.