Roll Over!

[Papi Chulo]

I was walking along the breakwall today, and noticed a woman who had her kid on a leash.

I think this says she has no parenting skills. I also wonder how this experience will effect the child as he develops.

 

[LancsLad]

That was most likely some dominatrix taking a "little person", "height challenged" client for a stroll.

 

[Eli]

Actually this has been going on for sometime. The kid wears a wristband that is connected to a long leash that the parents hold. I think the idea stemmed out of some paranoia about lost or abducted children. Not to mention kids walking off into automobile traffic. I'm against it generally, but I can understand it. The world is a different place than the one I grew up in. You only have to turn your back for one second and your kid is gone.

 

[1HandInMyPocket]

I agree will Eli. Kids will be kids, and they do tend to run around a lot despite the parents objections. It's a good possiblility that a child would run into traffic or intoa corner ,etc ,etc... How many times on the news when a child is abducted or hurt that we hear that the parent only turned away for a brief moment.

 

[Bud Plug]

While I agree that it demonstrates a lack of parenting skills, I'd rather see that than all the kids I see running around unsupervised in malls, hockey arenas, etc. I don't mind other peoples kids, but I don't want to be their unpaid babysitter.

 

[Questor]

While I agree that it demonstrates a lack of parenting skills, I'd rather see that than all the kids I see running around unsupervised in malls, hockey arenas, etc. I don't mind other peoples kids, but I don't want to be their unpaid babysitter.

I disagree with Bud. I think there is a lack of parenting skills when kids are running around malls unsupervised. As for the Mom with kid on leash on the breakwall, are you talking about the concrete slab with a vertical drop of several feet into Lake Ontario, with no way to get out once you are in the water? Seems like a very sensible safety precaution, if the kid is prone to running around unpredictably.

I'd like to know how old the kid was. There is a big difference between a 3 year old who has no understand of what is dangerous, and a 14 year old. I guess I have assumed the kid was quite young. I'd also like to know what parenting experience all those people have who claim that the mother in question lacks parenting skills. Personally I don't have kids but I do have a bit of experience with nieces and nephews. Because it is one thing to scoff and say a person has no parenting skills while it is quite another to be able to control what a young child does.

 

[Svend]

I know two parents that have used leashes, sometimes their kids are too excitable or mischievous to be loose in public. They are good parents, their other kids are fine.
It's better than dosing them on Ritalin.

 

[Bud Plug]

I disagree with Bud. I think there is a lack of parenting skills when kids are running around malls unsupervised. As for the Mom with kid on leash on the breakwall, are you talking about the concrete slab with a vertical drop of several feet into Lake Ontario, with no way to get out once you are in the water? Seems like a very sensible safety precaution, if the kid is prone to running around unpredictably.

I'd like to know how old the kid was. There is a big difference between a 3 year old who has no understand of what is dangerous, and a 14 year old. I guess I have assumed the kid was quite young. I'd also like to know what parenting experience all those people have who claim that the mother in question lacks parenting skills. Personally I don't have kids but I do have a bit of experience with nieces and nephews. Because it is one thing to scoff and say a person has no parenting skills while it is quite another to be able to control what a young child does.

I have 2 kids, 16 and 14. If you pay enough attention to your kids when they're young, and direct them often enough about what they can and cannot do, its amazing how well they can behave (including not running off away from you and getting in danger/trouble). Too many parents don't take their job seriously enough, and think of their kids as: their "buddy" (makes me sick when I hear that one), amusement, or an annoyance. Using the leash is a safety precaution, but it usually reveals a parent who isn't good at teaching their kids what they aren't allowed to do.

 

[dj1470]

While I never, and would never, put either of my kids on a leash I have a good friend who's son has Down''s Syndrome. He is 11 and is quite strong these days. We went to the Dome to see a Jays game a month ago and she had him in a leash type harness that attached to him like a backpack. This is the ONLY way she can control him. In that situation I understand but people who just do it with *regular* kids bacause their kids don't listen to them is quite tragic. Learn how to be a parent.