Leases are for animals, not children.
Better to instruct your children how to behave and then watch over them carefully.
A lease only keeps them near you. It does not teach them how to act.
Sometimes I wish I would have just “leased” my child.
Just funnin’ ya...
I had to travel alone, then I did use one at the airport...ONCE.
Each kid’s different. My mom had 5 kids. She only used a harness on one. He needed it and turned out just fine.
Some babies become very mobile at a very young age, long before you can teach them anything. Leaches are fine if you want to keep from losing that kind of a child in a crowd.
You don’t have small children, do you? A toddler can be a very unreasonable critter who does not respond to logic and reasonable talks. When the little one wants down to run, he wants down NOW and letting him run to the end of a short leash is a good way to allow him/her some freedom without having to chase them through a parking lot, fearing for their safety.
We used to follow my mom through the store in single file with my dad bringing up the rear. We looked like a family of ducks.
My sister raised a dog that way, great dog I miss her. Still till its dying day all that dog really wanted in life was to sit in my sisters lap. But that was a DOG!.
Childeren are a bit more dear
I had 3 kids under 3, and I thought about using the leashes.
I never did.
Of course, I also lost my daughter when we went to see Santa one year. I thought my girls couldn’t get out of their stroller. However, one of my girls climbed out of the stroller, and she went running 1 way, and the other 2 went separate ways.
I think I could have used a leash at that point.
I also think it would have been useful for going on walks.
I have twins, and there are lots of parents of multiples that use leashes. I don’t have a problem with them.
True, but who said that a leash was supposed to be a replacement for discipline and good manners? The point of a leash is to keep them near without requiring 100% of the adult's attention.
Let's say you have a gathering of folks -- say a group of people visiting and chatting outside of church before you get in your vehicles to leave. A leash can enable the adult to carry on a conversation and actual give the other person/people some eye contact and attention, and the child is able to interact in a social setting without an hovering adult presence.
There is a difference between a child being badly behaved and a well-mannered 2-year-old that has no concept of a 10-foot barrier that they should not cross when their attention is on playing on other children.
Sadly, the world is not the same as it was when I was a small child 40-some-odd years ago. A dangerous person who looks just like everyone else can be present or lurking just about anywhere. It is difficult to let go of children like we used to, but it is healthy for child development that the child be permitted to interact socially without constant parental direction.
All of that being said ... I do not use a leash with my grandchildren. We live in a very rural area and even in a social gathering everyone is aware of somebody we don't know. We are blessed with ability to let our children run and play without the serious concern you should have in a more highly-populated area. I would not, however, criticize someone else for using a leash as long as it was not used in the place of good discipline.