Do you leash your kid?

Sounds easier to give them a phone with GPS and only certain allowed numbers to keep track of them lol. (But then again, I had a cellphone for the majority of my life)

I love the people who say the only people who do this are fat and lazy when you can tell from the pictures that most of the people who said they have used one are not overweight, have multiple young kids, etc.


I also love how many people criticize, but don't have kids. And, the ones that do and are older (and not from this generation of "cell phone use" etc.) were you the parent who toted kids to doctors appointments and grocery stores? Just curious.

Like I said, I used one one time and felt silly, but was also grossly pregnant and in pain. Something that a lot with such strong opinions also don't get.

I live in the uk and as the previous poster said more people seem inclined to let children walk with reins here. I don't have kids, but I think it is a good idea to keep them under control and on the same basis I walk my dog on a lead as although she would walk to heel I like to know I have control I would walk kids on leads as they may hold hands but they may also just slip away very easily.

I live in a big city and often in the city centre I am tripping over people's kids with no idea who they belong to or where they should be. How can a parent who is not in physical contact with the child stop it from getting run over? And if you are shopping or whatever surely the best most effective thing is to have reins on it. I truly can't understand why people get so horrified by it. I love my dogs and want to keep them safe so I take full responsibilty for that and put them on leads. Parents should not be relying on other people to keep their kids safe by not walking in to them, not running them over, not jostling them out of the way etc which is what you are doing if you do not have adequate restraint

Parents also should not use prams to stop traffic. How many times do you see people waiting to cross the road with a pram and the pram is shoved out in the road so the parent can stand on the pavement and look for traffic. I would hope that the pram contains the most precious thing in your world and that you would gladly give up your life for your child's so just think about what you are doing!

I don't have kids and never intend to use one, it looks humiliating! Poor kids, yes it is understandable that it makes it easier so your kids don't run out in the road, BUT it is also called paying attention. That is what, eyes, ears, and hands are for, you can use all your senses to watch your kid and hold their hand. :laugh:

Key words here - 'I don't have kids'. Wait until you do and then pass judgement thanks.

Tell you what, you can look after my 2 year old daughter for a day and then come back to me with your opinion.

When you have two hands to hold onto at the same time, you damn well bet I leashed them (twins).

I have two children.. and two hands. I've never leashed my children and we have spent plenty of times in airports, zoos and even foreign countries.

Rather than leashing them I taught them when they needed to stay close, and disciplined them when they didn't.

Why do you care how other people raise their kids?

I love when people leash their kids, especially at amusement parks....I immediately snap a pic and mock them on FB.

I have 2 young ones, never used a leash, everyone still alive. :flowerforyou: