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View Poll Results: Would you use one of those leashes on you child(ren)??
Yes, they're practical and keep my child from wandering off. 40 53.33%
No, they're constricting and undignified. 21 28.00%
I'm on the fence about them. 14 18.67%
Voters: 75. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-17-2011, 12:57 PM
 
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Soooo....basically you're not trying to change anyone's opinion. If they want to be bad parents who treat their children like animals that's their business.....Got it. Thanks.
exactly glad we got that cleared up
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Old 06-17-2011, 12:58 PM
 
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kids are not animals!!!!!!!!!! They should not be treated as such. Control ones children and they would not have to be treated as an animal. (excluding children with disabilities.)
I don't see a backpack harness for a child as being the same as a leash for a dog. All of the bold and underlining in the world isn't going to change that.
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Old 06-17-2011, 12:59 PM
 
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How, exactly, are you going to control your children? Got any theories on how you are going to have the only kids on the planet that don't scoot off into a crowd? (Not taking them to Disneyland doesn't count. The same thing can happen at the mall.) Part 2: How many hands do you have?

Has anyone ever heard of strollers?? If your children are to young to understand NOT to wander off then put them in a stroller. If you have too many kids to where you cant keep track of all of them then DONT GO.
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Old 06-17-2011, 01:00 PM
 
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I have a step son hes 1 and im pregnant and I also assist in raising my 3 year old niece. But she doesnt live with me.
I knew it! I'm not at all surprised you haven't parented a toddler.
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Old 06-17-2011, 01:00 PM
 
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I don't see a backpack harness for a child as being the same as a leash for a dog. All of the bold and underlining in the world isn't going to change that.

And I do. So I guess we just see the world differently.
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Old 06-17-2011, 01:01 PM
 
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Has anyone ever heard of strollers?? If your children are to young to understand NOT to wander off then put them in a stroller. If you have too many kids to where you cant keep track of all of them then DONT GO.
Only for yourself, right? You aren't saying the WE shouldn't go, of course.
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Old 06-17-2011, 01:02 PM
 
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Has anyone ever heard of strollers?? If your children are to young to understand NOT to wander off then put them in a stroller. If you have too many kids to where you cant keep track of all of them then DONT GO.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/paren...ed-events.html

It is impossible to please everyone.
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Old 06-17-2011, 01:02 PM
 
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I knew it! I'm not at all surprised you haven't parented a toddler.

But I have taken toddlers out in public areas with big crowds. Whats the difference? My co worker is sitting next to me and her daughter is 3 and she said they are for animals too. She even said her daughter makes fun of other children who use them.
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Old 06-17-2011, 01:03 PM
 
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Only for yourself, right? You aren't saying the WE shouldn't go, of course.
YOU can do whatever you want. How could I control otherwise?
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Old 06-17-2011, 01:05 PM
 
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So....you have a 1 year old stepchild who visits from time to time, a 3yr old niece who visits from time to time and you're pregnant. And yet you know all about how to parent and control children the "right" way.

Well....bless your heart, I hope it all works out the way you figure it will.
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