Child Leash

[TheBurningCat]

As a child i had a leash, I was tied to my parents wrists by a blind dog styled leash. I never gave it any thought until yesterday when my friend declared that he also had been tied down as a child.

I Have asked all my friends(didn't take long) and now i will aks my online friends.

[uethello]

LOL, did you ever run, get to the end of it and flip over backwards?

[Makaveli]

I've gone with "No, and i would never put my child in it."

Well I know I had one used on me as a child (it was the full leather harness type) but can't remember how I felt about it, so couldn't vote with your selection. I can remember my younger brothers having it used on them, and I can even remember using it on them myself! Very useful for a big brother who wants to go where HE wants to go, and little bro doesn't! hehe

Having said that we tried to use one on our kids as we did once buy one of the wrist thingy ones, but both kids worked out how to open the fastenings as very young toddlers, so they never got proper use! Not much point if it's suddenly on the dog when you are out for a walk!

[Linkin' Park]

A LEASH!!!!! were you a naughty child?? i was never put on a leash never heard anyone who has!

[fortysomething]

The first time I saw one of those, I thought my lord, what a horrible parent. It was at the Smithsonian in D.C., on a very busy day. The child was around two, and happily wandering at the end of the leash while Dad looked at the exhibits.

Then I realized, with all the child snatchings going on, it was really a good idea in a crowded place like that. Small children can wander off, and disappear in less than 2 seconds. Parents don't leash their children to humiliate, or punish them. They do it to keep the child they love safe.

It looks awful, but I see a lot of sense behind it.

[draboo]

well,i d@mn well know i SHOULD HAVE been on one!!!i remember gett ing my pants pulled down as soon as we got in the car after church and had hand to butt combat(the hand won) i was a baaaaaaaaaad boy in church.

[TheBurningCat]

I was a horrible child, I used to play hide and seek in shopping centres. My mother was really really bad at hide and seek and never found me. Hence the leash. That leash added twice as much fun. Now there was an escape aspect. I loved that leash. It has helped me evolve into an indervidual.

Many people go rank when they see children chained, so my father used to release me and they would all go "OH" as i sprinted off into the distance screaming....

[Makaveli]

The first time I saw one of those, I thought my lord, what a horrible parent. It was at the Smithsonian in D.C., on a very busy day. The child was around two, and happily wandering at the end of the leash while Dad looked at the exhibits. Then I realized, with all the child snatchings going on, it was really a good idea in a crowded place like that. Small children can wander off, and disappear in less than 2 seconds. Parents don't leash their children to humiliate, or punish them. They do it to keep the child they love safe.

It looks awful, but I see a lot of sense behind it.

I Agree 100%

[TheBurningCat]

There seems to be silent masses that think this is wrong, why?

edit- lol, masses, lol. five