Did Your Mother Ever Put You on Leash With a Harness When You Were a Toddler?

SeaBreeze

SeaBreeze

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Did your mom ever put you on leash and harness as a toddler, or did you ever use those with your children? My mother never did, and I rarely saw that, but when I did it seemed strange. Suppose these days with all the kidnappings, it may be handy. When I was younger, folks would leave their sleeping babies outside stores in the carriage while they shopped, and never had a worry.


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No, but my [ex] wife sent me to the doghouse many times.

Seriously, if parents today would spend a few minutes actually SUPERVISING THEIR CHILDREN and TEACHING THEM MANNERS they wouldn't need a leash ...
 

The way a lot of children behave today, they NEED to be on a leash! I almost got knocked down the other day in a store by two little darlings running headlong through the aisle, while their adoring mother looked on without a word.

Had I behaved that way my mother would have jerked me out of that store so fast it would've made my head swim.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Did your mom ever put you on leash and harness as a toddler, or did you ever use those with your children? My mother never did, and I rarely saw that, but when I did it seemed strange. Suppose these days with all the kidnappings, it may be handy. When I was younger, folks would leave their sleeping babies outside stores in the carriage while they shopped, and never had a worry.
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I think the leash thing came in after our kids were older. I haven't seen that in many years. There was something kind of disturbing about it. Way back when, almost everyone was a stay at home mother. The women all knew each other and watched each others kids as a group without being asked. It was safer.
 
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Butterfly said:
The way a lot of children behave today, they NEED to be on a leash! I almost got knocked down the other day in a store by two little darlings running headlong through the aisle, while their adoring mother looked on without a word.

Had I behaved that way my mother would have jerked me out of that store so fast it would've made my head swim.
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Hear Hear Butterfly.
But the little horrors have their own agenda nowadays! :mad:

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No, but, I wouldn't have faulted them had they I ruined a few family trips by wandering off and having set off everyone including myself into panic mode. Lots of relief hugs from mom not so nice glares from sibs on ride home.
 
For a few years I had five under ten...no I do not know what on earth I was thinking...I used a mesh leash, one end on my belt loop and the other end on the overalls of the most "adventurous" child of the group. Kept my hands free and kept her from wandering too far, with multiple kids it can save you much grief.
 
Many years ago a lady who lived on the 3rd floor harnessed her little boy on a leash in our fenced yard while she did whatever upstairs. She didn't leave him out there all day, but I always though it was weird.
 
When we took three year old Bubba to the zoo a couple of weeks ago, we used a gadget that looked like a watch. The one on his wrist was some kind of cartoon character. He loved it. It locked on his wrist and the other end locked on an adult's wrist. It could be two different lengths. As many people and children as there were milling about, a child could easily wander off for a few seconds. That could be all it would take for a disaster to happen.
 
I believe my brother was. (bad memory)
I did put my youngest daughter into a full harness. She was terribly reckless as a wee one, she liked to run through the clothing stores and hide in the racks. She had no fear, and no regard for her own safety. This child did not understand pain until she actually hurt herself.
On a visit to the hospital to see her grandfather, we had her "leased up" and as we got off the elevator into his ward, the nurse at the desk said "I wish more people were like you and took responsibility for their children" From that day on, the odd and awkward looks from strangers no longer bothered me.
 
RadishRose said:
Many years ago a lady who lived on the 3rd floor harnessed her little boy on a leash in our fenced yard while she did whatever upstairs. She didn't leave him out there all day, but I always though it was weird.
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RadishRose, I don't think I'd care for your old 3rd floor neighbor. I hope the little boy had toys and wasn't crying or upset. Anyway, I probably would have been tempted to call child protection, if they had it back then. I don't know how long it's been around.
 
I escaped the leash, but do remember mom using one with my baby siblings.

Haven't seen a child safety leash being used in ages.
 
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I was told that Dad would sometimes tie one end of a thin rope (sash cord, probably) around my waist and use it as a leash. The old expression about being at the end on one's rope comes to mind.
 
Nope, don’t believe in it. I did the same thing to my kids that my mother did to me. The old thumb in the shoulder trick. Hurts like hell, and if that didn’t work, out to the car for a good spanking.
 

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