The age group of children that gets put on leashes doesn't have the brain development to feel shame or humiliation. Their brains have literally not developed the cortex that does that yet.

From the age of about 2 to 4, my Dad made a harness out of climbing webbing for me and clipped the leash to a carabineer on his belt when we were out and about. We were constantly going to places like Haight St in San Francisco and hiking on the sea cliffs in Santa Cruz. I 100% would have gotten myself killed without that leash because I was very curious about the fishies in the ocean at the bottom of that 50-100ft high cliff, and my Dad was wrangling me and my sibling by himself while Mom was at work.

I'm pretty sure there's a picture somewhere of me leaning over a cliff being held back by the leash because I was a rambunctious little gremlin that was about 20 years off from having a fully developed frontal lobe. And I want to find that picture and share it with my friends because I think it's hilarious.

That’s your opinion. I was a leashed child at one point in my life and I don’t care at all. It was pre cell phones so that argument doesn’t work either. It’s not about the parent not wanting to deal with their kid, it’s about them not wanting the kid to bother other people and to prevent toddlers from running off in large crowds.

Again, it's humiliating for children

A two year old doesn't get embarrassed.

as parent it's you fucking job to Look after your offspring.

Parents get tired. In fact, most parents have chronic levels of sleep deprivation which impairs things like concentration, reflexes, ability to pay attention, etc. Then you have parents who might be working multiple jobs, be dealing with health issues that affect sleep, etc. A leash would make that job to keep kids safe much easier.

And I'm not sure how it works in your mind. No leash equals the parent keeping the kid safe, even though not every situation can allow a parent to keep 100% focus on the child, but using a leash the parent suddenly isn't paying attention?

How do you think that works?

Should a parent not give the kid a helmet when learning to ride a bike then also? Does using a helmet mean the parent isn't keeping the kid safe?

I'd like to know your thoughts on not utilizing safety equipment with children. I'm very curious.

A leash will not Help you, when you are on the phone and the children runs into danger.

Do you.... do you not understand how a leash works?

Edit: grammar

Edit 2: Ok, I just don't understand this. I cannot fathom that someone would criticize a thing that objectively and provably make life in the world safer for children. All on the simple objection that it's "embarrassing" for a person at an age that doesn't get embarrassed.

There are countless stories of children just walking away in the 3 to 5 seconds a parent looks away where the child falls off a height, falls into water (not every parent can swim, and not all waters are swimable), gets picked up by a stranger in a crowd, etc. Situations that a leash would 100% have saved the child's life.

Think about that, you're criticising and telling people to NOT use something that saves children's lives, but not using it doesn't save lives.

You are berating parents and potential parents from using something that might one day save the life of their child.

What the hell is wrong with you?

You've got two huh.

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That's basically 100% of human behavior, so yeah. Wow. Leashes? Can't fathom a situation that would warrant it. You're right. Everyone who has ever used a leash is correcting for a problem you're very experienced in, and found a better way for. After all, you have two kids.

Not a parent.

Of course it will help in that case. It's literally what it's there for. Also, the age where you can get away with leashing your kids is also the age where they aren't forming a ton of memories or where they have no social context to be embarrassed. They may be embarrassed when they're older, but that's just life.

Stop inflicting your feelings into random children.