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What a horrible thing to do to a child.

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shmokes:
Heh . . . when I said, "Who's talking . . . ," I didn't mean who in the entire world.  I meant who in this conversation.  It was my subtle way of identifying a straw man.

shardian:
Putting a child on a harness = treating them like a dog? That is so ---smurfing--- stupid and closed minded, I don't even know where to begin.

When my little girl does something clever and I say "Good girl!", am I treating her like a dog then too?

I plan on using a harness in crowded places when my girl starts toddling around full blast. I tend to get distracted, and I don't want to be the person running around screaming "Where's my baby".

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: shardian on April 10, 2008, 08:58:24 am ---Putting a child on a harness = treating them like a dog? That is so ---smurfing--- stupid and closed minded, I don't even know where to begin.
--- End quote ---

Children are people.  Leashes are for animals.  Plain and simple. 



--- Quote ---I plan on using a harness in crowded places when my girl starts toddling around full blast. I tend to get distracted, and I don't want to be the person running around screaming "Where's my baby".

--- End quote ---

Your distraction is your shortfall, not your daughter's, and she shouldn't have to pay for it.  If you fear you can't watch your child closely enough then do better.  Improve.  If you don't want to lose your baby then just don't lose your baby.  It is very easy to manage. 

Pretty much the only situation I could see doing that in is when there are just too many kids to manage.  Even a day care center, though, when walking kids down a sidewalk, will have a rope that the kids are grabbing.  They aren't in a harness.

shardian:
I guess I should also take down my safety gate down off the stairs too then. How dare I limit where she can go. Oh, and I should never put her in a playpen - people might suspect I am "putting her in a kennel". I guess bowls are off limits for her to eat out of too, because dogs eat out of bowls. Crawling is absolutely gonna be nipped in the bud. Don't want her on all fours - people might think she is a dog!

ChadTower:

There is a difference between safety issues in the home and convenience issues in public.  A leash is a simple convenience issue.  It's for parents who aren't going to commit to watching the child properly.  Hold the kid's hand, not the kid's leash.  When we had kids I put a good amount of thought into the leash concept because I knew a few people who had done it.  I couldn't ever come up with a single reason it was anything other than pure convenience to the parent.

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