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Here’s a picture of your normal family OP
“Does he bite?”
My mother leashed me and twin if she had us solo. Which is like. Fair? How you going to deal with two little runners by yourself?
Mother hated doing it though cause other people in the late 80s were so fucking judgemental about it.
Of all the shit in my childhood, being on a leash did not affect me. So leash them kiddies up.
Gotta say, I’m appreciating the comments on this post a lot more this time around - last time this was posted there was a lot of anti-leashing sentiment.
I’m just trying to figure out - did the people on Lemmy change? Is it the time of day? Pretty sure it’s the same community as before!
Toddlers can cover the distance from the sidewalk to under a car tire faster than you can blink. Ill never judge a parent for having them on a leash.
The muzzle is a bit much though.
For some children, they can teleport non edible items into their mouths. The muzzle is necessary
The little bag dispenser hanging off the handle is great if they’re not potty trained yet too.
Are the lambs still screaming Clarice?
I’ve watched kids bolt. Some of you need to touch grass and interact with your neighbors.
Fuck no, im a pro leash parent.
I only didn’t use a leash because the one time I did the kid spun around and tried to strangle themselves on it. Not from being upset, just everyday normal accidentally-suicidal toddler behavior. Had I been that mom I’d have laughed. Hysterically, with an edge veering into insanity, because that’s what it’s like sometimes, with the infant and toddler tagteaming to keep you up all night and stressed all day. But a good joke is a good joke.
Thankfully my kids survived to adulthood.
I will never look down on a parent with a leashed kid. Rather a safe kid on a leash than a dead kid in the streets.
Better a safe kid on a leash than a dead kid on a leash.
I’ll often look down on a kid themselves, but only because it is impossible to regard a being who is less tall than me without looking down u.u
[explaining the joke]
Subverting expectation of disrespect by indicating purely physical and logistical reasons which contain no value judgement of another person and therefore no commentary upon the concept of respect
I have never seen a leashed kid outside of the US/Canada.
Anyone know what people do differently in the rest of the world?
They were popular there for a while. My theory is that we drastically changed raising standards too quickly; we went from spare the rod, spoil the child to don’t beat your kids in one generation. Instead of parents learning how to discipline properly instead of using fear as a motivator, many just let the kids free range. When the kids completely lacked any discipline, they decided the backpack leash was the right answer.
We had a couple of years of super-nanny, people learned how to do a timeouts and actually talk to / reason with their kids.
Maybe, but what shocks me is how much quicker children seem to mature outside the US, like 6 year olds walking across town to get to school in Japan, its gotta be more than “how much do physically vs psychologically beat the kid”, and it doesn’t seem to be “just give the kid more responsibility” since I had an actual conversation with a 6 year old on a train ride in China, he was way more advanced than my 9 year old nephew, and the chinese kid was a private school, only child, so I can’t imagine he had much responsibility.
I think it has something to do with the type of enrichment a kid experiences, like being strapped to a carseat playing a “tap button on iPad, get reward” game is probably as bad for a kid’s development as locking them in a plain white room.
I think it’s at least in part because they’re allowed to mature. It’s a whole thing letting your kid go to a nearby store alone for the first time in Japan. In parts of America, you will be arrested for “neglecting your child” now if they do that. (That’s not hyperbole)
Oh so it’s okay when the KIDS are on a leash, but when I’m wearing one, I’m a “freak” and I’m “being asked to leave the costco”. Damn double standards… I could run into traffic TOO you know!
Huh, I don’t remember writing this comment
Tell me you’ve never been a parent without using the words. One of my kids was a runner and could yank their elbow or shoulder out of place of you tried to hold on to them by their hand. A harness and leash made life bearable for all of us for that time period.
We used a leash on our youngest for a few years in crowds. Never will be sorry for it. It gave him the sense of autonomy while keeping him directed, where holding his hand would quickly lead to problems. This was before the better understanding of ADHD, we were told by older adults (who were always critical of how we parented) that he’d “grow out of it”. It gave us all peace and kept him safe.
Leashing kids I’m betting 8 times out of 10 is uncalled for and controlling and stupid.
But you don’t know circumstances, and let me tell you, I’ve met some kids. Sometimes it is appropriate, so I try not to judge.
Even if it is 2 out of 10 that it’s appropriate for, those people are going through enough shit without me side-eyeing them. Probably ain’t my business.
FYI, a leash gives a toddler more freedom than the alternatives. Strollers and hand holding both restrict movement a lot more than a leash.
Ok I was of this opinion until I had an autistic son. He’s crafty, fast and enjoys doing whatever he is told not to do. He’s almost run into traffic several times. We caught him, but barely, enough to make me reconsider this idea. I haven’t bought him one, but I understand.
She was realized she put the dog on a bus to school.
