its not right

I dont thing its right either, pets on leashes, yes, kids NO!!!!

Yes, the thing is these leashes are attached to the child's wrist, or, for younger ones, around their torso and shoulders.
They are useful, they help keep the thing safe, they might be LESS humiliating for a child, and give it more freedom, and certainly more exercise, than a pushchair.

They do not end in a collar around the neck like the one I shall have on xmegx.

I have never even thought of using one. My girls have known the rules in the store or they get in trouble. Yes I am one of those mothers that will swat their butts in Walmart. They know what is expected of them in public places.

The trouble is when we were kids we also learned that when we didn't obey the parents there was reprocussions, & no I dont believe sending a kid into "time out" is a reprocussion for disobediance. I had a neighbor ask me once, how is it your kids listen to you when you say something the first time, I asked him, what do you do when "johnny" gets in trouble... he replied I send him to his room. I could only say, well what does he do at the point? the neighbor replied, plays his xbox or watches tv.

WOW, I wish I had that for punishments when we were kids. heck, there's been more than a few times I had to go pick my own 'switch' from the willow tree.

But "times have changed", you know what has actually changed? NOTHING, except that kids still know thier limits & know that they can push them even farther each time, becuase there is no reprocussions for what they do.

Yes I'm ranting, but as a parent, I can...lol

AMEN!!!

Hmmm... it's a shame that people put their kids on leashes these days... but they won't put the DOG on one.

I think while it may have it's place with a special needs child, it's completely ridiculous on a normal kid. And the kid shouldn't be ashamed to wear one, the parent should be b/c I see it and think, "hmmm, I guess they haven't figured it out yet."

BUT! as plenty of "wise" people have said, "I don't understand, I don't have kids"

But it's probably a good thing, I wouldn't be caught dead trying to count to 3 or putting my kid in time out, it's called smack that @$$ and take away priveldges...

just wait until you try and take MY kids into wal-mart...

one who is deaf with asperger's, auditory processing disorder, and sensory integration disorder, and another who has hypermobility syndrome on top of global developmental delays and other such...

if you pull on my youngest's arm, her shoulder WILL dislocate. so while trying to tenderly deal with her...her elder sister might accidentally wander off as she can't process sounds and information like the rest of us...

my answer is to avoid public places, but that's not always possible when one has to pick up prescriptions and the like.

cruel

I only put mine on a leash when I take her for a walk

i have a son, and a daughter who are only 14 months apart, so when my son was 2, my daughter had just startin to walk...

going to wal mart - one in the front of the cart, and one in the back..easy

there was NEVER a need for a "leash" i wouldn't have DREAMT of degrading my children that way..



however, if you have a disabled child, or even more than one, im certain you could find some other UNdegrading way to keep your children safe, and with you in WalMart

first, i've never used one...but i don't see the big deal for those that do.

if the CHILD isn't degraded, then what's the problem? some kids flat-out LOVE them. they get to pick out which one to use...and they have pockets like little back-packs...and cute stuffed animals on them...

the kids get to LEAD the way, they aren't dragged along...looks perfectly reasonable to me.

Well done.

Lulu, you are far too sensible to be on here

I've seen that before, it's weird. I wonder how the child feels.

Thats nuts

leashes until they are 26

there is nothing wrong with it. its a way of protecting the kids..

Remember the Hyper Hypo on Sat Nite live...I've seen some that need it. Starts with the parents, in my opinion.

give them guns instead