Serious Question for MILFS (pics)

Only appropriate if your child has special needs.
End of dscussion.

Ridiculous.

People have got themselves all worked up because of a tenuous association between leads/ leashes and dogs, and are prepared to put their kids at risk rather than look different.

Are you going to take your kid's car seat away now? Is that dehumanising too?

What about safety gates on stairs? That makes your kid look like a little animal in a zoo. Dehumanising! Take them away. The kid will learn not to fall down the stairs!

Children need to learn to navigate our world themselves, unless they have special needs, LIKE MY CHILD, although we don't leash him.
If ypu can't pay enough attention to them, then don't take them with you.

OH GOD YES!!!!!

My mother sent me a teddy bear harness for my older daughter when we were living in Tokyo. It was adorable and she wanted to wear it and play with it all the time. I wouldn't put it on her because I thought I was against them.

Then one day on an outing to the zoo, she was holding my hand, then decided to to an alligator roll, broke free, and bolted. Imagine a 2 year old child running full speed down a hill through a sea of hundreds of people who won't get out of the way for me to chase after her quick enough. It was terrifying and it took me over 10 minutes to find her.

I became pro-leash that day, and we wore that thing out. And to whoever mentioned the airport, I rarely traveled with my husband, usually me and the big kid when she was little then me, the big kid and the baby when the baby was born. I flew from Tokyo to Florida at least twice a year, and almost always had to connect through Chicago, Atlanta, and LA, the three most confusing airports in the US.

My parents had a leash for me when I was little. I was an inquisitive child and a fast runner. It did me no harm.

I think harnessed children should be hitched up to little wagons so they can pull their own stuff around. And maybe a few groceries. And my jacket, if it gets too warm. Stuff like that.

My parents had a leash for me when I was little. I was an inquisitive child and a fast runner. It did me no harm.

I think harnessed children should be hitched up to little wagons so they can pull their own stuff around. And maybe a few groceries. And my jacket, if it gets too warm. Stuff like that.

I didn't need a leash to throw extra groceries into the cart when mom wasn't looking. :laugh: That's why she put the cart in the dead center of the aisle with me inside it, lol!!!

I think they're a genius idea, especially when tethered to your belt or the handle of a stroller. Who cares how it looks or what anyone else thinks as long as your child is safe. No three or four year old needs to be worried about "navigating our world." I think that can safely wait a few years without too much detriment to the child.

Honestly, I thought this was going to be an eye candy thread.

And it's not about kids being naughty, or parents being lazy, or parents not having enough discipline.

Children are by nature impulsive little creatures. They all get told not to run out into the street but I bet everyone has tried it at least once. Thay all go through developmental stages where they don't think before acting.

I just hope all the 'harnesses make your kid look like a dog' people have time to climb down off their high horses and catch their kid before he runs into a door/ the traffic/ gets lost in a crowd.

The whole "danger from traffic" argument is spacious - most leashes I've seen are used in places where the risk seems to be one of letting a child wander off in a store, mall or park. Zoos? Do parents live in places where wild animals roam freely? Mostly not.

Let's face it - it's a tool of convenience. I don't care if you use one. I never needed one, it doesn't make me a better or worse parent.

Convenience can be good. I didn't use cloth diapers, we had great throw away baby bottle inserts, a stroller rather than carrying the child, we even drove places. Convenience. Call it what it is.

My parents had a leash for me when I was little. I was an inquisitive child and a fast runner. It did me no harm.

I think harnessed children should be hitched up to little wagons so they can pull their own stuff around. And maybe a few groceries. And my jacket, if it gets too warm. Stuff like that.

Heck, if we put enough of them together we can ride in the wagons and hold races!

Races are a fantastic idea! They're all "runners" anyway. By the way, to the people saying that if you use a harness your children won't learn to run into traffic, I am proud to say that I now walk without a harness and am on a 43 year streak of never being struck and killed by a car. *proud*

Since I'm not a MILF, I can't answer this question.

A lot of people are saying they didn't exist in the 60's/70's and we didn't need them. My older brother was born in 68. He was apparently super hyperactive and would take off with anyone. My mom was always talking about how she kept him on a leash as a toddler and she never felt bad about it, she felt it was good parenting. I was the opposite. I didn't need one because I was very shy and terrified of strangers. My favorite activity was clinging to my mom's leg. If it's needed, I don't think it's a bad thing to use. Might save the kid's life.