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Originally posted by aephi alum
So what if I'm not a parent yet. I still don't like the idea of putting my child in a harness if a wrist tether, or better yet the "invisi-leash", is sufficient. (Notice I say "if".)
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I wish that a wrist tether had been sufficient enough! We tried it but they would bolt so hard and fast that their arms were almost dislocated. Also, you know what those are closed with? Velcro! It takes 2 seconds for a kid--even a toddler-- to realize that she can just undo that and be FREE! And it is sooo easy to lose a kid at the mall or Disney World.
I wasn't putting you down, aephialum!(I just now realized that my post came after yours and it wasn't aimed at you!) I just get aggravated because it seems like the public is never happy when someone tries to restrain or discipline a child. We cannot abide the wild kind of kid like the first poster described and we try to keep our kids close to us. So-- we used a harness on the twins for safety's sake and got dirty looks. Any time we popped a kid (not beat, popped once on the rear) for tantruming in public, people looked shocked. Likewise if we hollered at anyone.
It seems like if you keep your kids under control in public, people act aghast. If you don't, they act aghast (and should). It seems like a parent can't win.
(Oh, Jill1228--we have 13, not 10!)