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Has anybody noticed that the people who are anti-harness are the ones who haven't been parents yet? I don't care how many kids you've babysat, that doesn't count, nor does working in a daycare center. I was the perfect parent too..before I had kids. Whole new ballgame then.
I was anti-harness too until BlazerCheer and Ballerina were bolters when they were toddlers. They had a sister a year older and 2 younger sisters. The twin stroller for the babies was difficult to handle and if one of us was maneuvering that, the other did not have 3 hands for leading the toddlers and preschooler. Sooo...we used harnesses and the girls' psyches weren't harmed and before long, we didn't have to use them because the girls got over the "bolting" stage.
We didn't use harnesses on the next 8 kids but we would have had we needed to. When you're a conscientious parent, you do what you have to to protect your children.
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