LOL! My grandmother actually tied my dad to a tree... I wonder if he was a bit of a handful?
You betcha! I can dig the moms that have kids on leashes at the mall. My mom tied me to the picnic table when we went camping!
And we always put a line on kids on the boat. When we had a little one on the dock one summer, I tied her to the middle of it so she could get almost to the edge all the way around ;~D
It's either that, or not letting them go at all, which frankly, isn't very fun for anyone.