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I told my wife to get one. Our kid hasn't learn the term "no" yet. I'm getting resistance from family members and friends, but in my viewpoint - they'll forget about it when the child is older and doesn't require the use of the leash. My siblings do not have kids yet, so they wouldn't understand and most parents that put negative connotation to this are the ones that causes the social humiliation concept.

I think there's a fine line between a pet and your kids. You don't tug or pull on your kid, but it would be nice that when your kid's 2 feet from the road or an escalator, that you can hold the lanyard steady fast so that he/she doesn't move. You're not a Michael Johnson to sprint that quickly and have your child safe.

Some people also think that bad parenting skills or bad parents in general are the ones that use leashes. This is grossly misconstrued and I wish psychologists would start a research to see the long term affects for the use of leashes as opposed to just generalizing an opinion.

I rather have a well behaved kid and be shunned, then to be seen as a terrible parent for having an injured, dead, or missing kid. The world isn't 1970/1980s any more [people] - change your perspective.

July 21, 2015 - 12:08pm

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