ExtantHuman

Prove it

I specified TODDLER. You keep only saying kid. There's a difference. I know you know that. But your are determined to have a completely different conversation than I am here

I didn't say you had to do anything special. That's my point. It's really fucking easy to find videos that are completely off topic from the conversation.

You can find one video of people not doing one specific things, really easily. I'm not sure what you thought this proved.

I was always, and still, only talking about toddlers. Are there 3+ toddlers in a crowded public space in that video?

I do not believe for a second that a 12 year old would sit there allowing themselves to be leashed. Some 12 year olds are basically full grown adult sized people.

I'm talking about toddlers. I've said that multiple times. You keep imagining dumb shit that is not happening. So you're right, the vast majority of non toddler children are not on leashes. Congrats. What a fucking stupid conversation this was. No one said otherwise. You invented a thing that wasn't happening to be angry at.

Nah fuck that, small precisely targeted meteor.

Traveling across the US doesn't mean you went to places where small kids congregated. It's also more common NOW than it was back then.

Why are you acting like people are leashing 8-10 year olds. You use them when the kids are 1-3 so they're not stuck in their stroller the whole time you're at some public place (which is probably what your parents did with you). It really sounds like you think parents are tying their kid to a post, instead of having a connection on their wrist. Your arguments come across as if you have zero idea what we're talking about and only had a visceral overreaction to just hearing this concept for the first time.

The kids often enjoy it, too. They think they're the ones leading their parents.

try to find video of a place where more than 3 are leashed in the background of a news report or puff piece.

What a stupidly arbitrary and specific demand for proof.

You got that backwards.

Well yeah, if they got better, they wouldn't be someone you know with ADHD. Obviously

Except American English is the traditional. England kept fucking with their language and spelling, and now everything has 6 unnecessary vowels

Agreed

Just because YOU weren't didn't mean it isn't common. Your parents did it the hard way. For no reason.

I was leashed as a toddler in the early 90s. I am not ashamed of that.

You don't leash kids at parties, that's an enclosed private space with little risk of them running off, what a weird pointless anecdote. You apparently being sheltered isn't a good argument.

Sounds like you weren't going to places where very young children were in attendance. You use them in busy public places that require movement. Like a zoo. You see them all the time at places like that. It's better than a stroller and you don't have to worry about a half second of taking your eyes off the kids, they're jetting into the crowd. Even more useful if you have multiples.

I was a leash kid in the early 90s. I do not feel dehumanized knowing that was the case, like some of these childless reactionaries in the comments are claiming.