Do you leash your kid?
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I did use a Monkey strap as they are correctly named NOT a leash. You walk a dog with a leash. You keep your child safe from predators when you use a monkey strap on your child.
But then in order to understand it from a safety side, you would have to understand what its like to have a child that A) has been kidnapped,
A child that bolts out onto a road (kids have NO real road sense until they're 10) but then I've seen adults with none either. C) If you have a child in a pram, an older child that loves to escape from mum or dad.
Please stop thinking of it as parents being lazy.
And honestly stop calling it a leash because they are called Monkey straps for children that are at times little rascals.
I don't really care who does and who doesn't put their child in a monkey strap, in all honesty to me that's one more child that cannot be grabbed, never to be seen again, or found alive to live with any trauma they may have suffered.
Please look at it from both sides as its never a one way thing.
I say they are great for safety reasons.0 -
A friend of mine has a little brother that they used a leash with. They had 5 kids total and only one of them ever had to wear a leash. His little brother was just.. demonic. Had he not worn a leash I doubt he'd still be here. All of his other siblings were fine. The parents did a great job raising all of them. They just had one kid that was more of a handful than I've ever seen. I would have put a leash on him too.0
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I seen the leashes on children and I think its disgusting my children were never on them0
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Leashing a child is so disgusting and repulsive IMO...
I couldn't and wouldn't ever do that to a child.
My stomach turns when I see leashed kids as if they were dogs or something.
Absolutely outrageous.
When raised well, you don't need to worry about them walking away.
That's a lack of discipline on one end and lack of attention on the other end.0 -
I seen the leashes on children and I think its disgusting my children were never on them
Wow, you must be perfect and so must your children. Would you like a medal?
And to the previous poster - if I found someone had taken photos of my kids and put them on Facebook without my permission I would be prosecuting!
I bet you never walk anywhere so your kids running off is not an issue!0 -
Leashing a child is so disgusting and repulsive IMO...
I couldn't and wouldn't ever do that to a child.
My stomach turns when I see leashed kids as if they were dogs or something.
Absolutely outrageous.
When raised well, you don't need to worry about them walking away.
That's a lack of discipline on one end and lack of attention on the other end.
Do you think an 18 month old running off is a lack of discipline, or a child being curious? Get a grip.
Sorry, I forgot, you're probably American and keep a child in a stroller until they're 5! That's perfectly acceptable of course!0 -
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Do you think an 18 month old running off is a lack of discipline, or a child being curious? Get a grip.
^^^Hence I also said lack of attention (pertaining to the adult)
Sorry, I forgot, you're probably American and keep a child in a stroller until they're 5! That's perfectly acceptable of course!
^^^ No...and anyone who keeps their child in a stroller that long is a lazy bum0 -
Do you think an 18 month old running off is a lack of discipline, or a child being curious? Get a grip.
Sorry, I forgot, you're probably American and keep a child in a stroller until they're 5! That's perfectly acceptable of course!
Really necessary to bad mouth Americans?0 -
I was also one of those terrible (as I was actually told once) mothers who used a playpen so I could keep a clean house and shower (things some mommy-martyrs cannot manage to do when playpens are seen as evil torture chamber devices derived solely to break the parent-child bond.
---> Did I mention that I am glad to be way past all this stuff ;-)
Very glad to be past all that. You're goreous by the way.0 -
Leashing a child is so disgusting and repulsive IMO...
I couldn't and wouldn't ever do that to a child.
My stomach turns when I see leashed kids as if they were dogs or something.
Absolutely outrageous.
When raised well, you don't need to worry about them walking away.
That's a lack of discipline on one end and lack of attention on the other end.
I take it you don't have children? Let's hope you never do. Discipline a 18 moth old & see where that gets you.
It's got nothing to do with that at all.0 -
I read somewhere that the child learns to prefer the leash, and feels safe with it, and learns to like the limitations & constraints.
But if used excessively, they willl grow up passive, and like to wear leather collars & leashes, and will seek a dominant mate.
mothers, don't let your babies grow up to be ...
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The list of 100 things to do to raise the perfect child, in the perfect world must have been in the "Owner's Manual" some of you received when you left the hospital with your newborns. I guess our hospital was out of them when our boys were born because we never received one. Yeah, the parent beating their child for slipping out of their free hand, the other is holding their cell phone to their ear, is a much better, concerned parent, than the one that goes through the trouble of buying, figuring how to put on, and maneuvers busy places holding onto the strap.
My kids didn't need corrective shoes, I did, and you can damn well better believe if they needed them, they would have worn them! Because it is so much better to watch kids and later adults point at them instead of putting something on them that they will never remember.0 -
Not all children are the same as your children ,you know - and what works for you might not work for other people and vice versa.I seen the leashes on children and I think its disgusting my children were never on them
My children were never on them either - but I dont have any problem with other people using them if it works for them0 -
If by the time your child is walking, and you feel the need to leash them....somethings up! Not necessarily with the child....
What rubbish.
Some children are different to others and some parents find different things work for them.
That's all there is to it.
Cant believe the big deal some posters are making about what other parents find works for them.0 -
I was leashed.
I remember it looked like a giant plastic springy coil key ring that was attached to 2 wrist bands. Then one of the bands was attached to me.
There was also a waist attachment, which they also put on me sometimes.
It was humiliating.
OMG, Im so sorry you had to experience that. I never knew it existed. That's very disturbing. I'm surprised its legal in the USA, if spanking kids is illegal.0 -
If by the time your child is walking, and you feel the need to leash them....somethings up! Not necessarily with the child....
My daughter walked at 9.5 months old! Sure, at that age she understood all about road safety!0 -
If by the time your child is walking, and you feel the need to leash them....somethings up! Not necessarily with the child....
My daughter walked at 9.5 months old! Sure, at that age she understood all about road safety!
I guess that's why there are parents, right? To look after the kids and teaching them how to behave.
I must admit reading this thread and all those opinions pro leashing is shocking to me. I was raised always knowing that I'm being respected and treated as a human being, not as a dog. That leashing must cause serious emotional damage to the kids0 -
If by the time your child is walking, and you feel the need to leash them....somethings up! Not necessarily with the child....
My daughter walked at 9.5 months old! Sure, at that age she understood all about road safety!
I guess that's why there are parents, right? To look after the kids and teaching them how to behave.
I must admit reading this thread and all those opinions pro leashing is shocking to me. I was raised always knowing that I'm being respected and treated as a human being, not as a dog. That leashing must cause serious emotional damage to the kids
Why do you call it 'leashing' in the US? We call them reins, and it's like a harness with a kind of loop to hold. Loads of people use them in England, and when I used them with my son I often got stopped by older people and told how nice it was to see a mum looking after her child so well. I have also been stopped and told how nice it was to see me talking to my children when we were out.
We generally use reins from around 18 months to age 2.5, because by then a child understands about road safety. I think we walk more in England than in the US. From where I live we can walk to the seafront, walk to the shops, the supermarket, the station, the park etc. My son was 22 months old when my daughter was born and it's not like I could run fast with a pram to chase my son, or just leave my newborn while I chased him. We get the train a lot and I would never risk having a young child loose on a platform. A age 2.5 he started to be more responsible and better behaved, and he language and understanding were better.
It's unlikely you'd see a child of over 3 on reins, and it's very rare to see a child that age still in a stroller. If a child over 3 is in a stroller you'd get funny looks here, people would think they were special needs or something.
My view is it's far better to let a young child have the freedom to walk using the safety of reins that to keep them trapped on a stroller. That's how they learn about walking outside.
If we're somewhere safe like the seafront I wouldn't use reins, but by a busy road and with a small child, I wouldn't take the risk of having my toddler ran over.
A few people earlier in the thread commented that they kept their kids in a stroller until age 5. No-one seemed to think that was odd. So I kind of figured that must be the norm in the US?0 -
A few people earlier in the thread commented that they kept their kids in a stroller until age 5. No-one seemed to think that was odd. So I kind of figured that must be the norm in the US?
Nope not the norm. My kids were out of strollers by 3, never leashed or reined. Also we walked everywhere as well as that is the norm in NYC.0
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