kids on leashes: yay or nay?

are you cool with kids on leashes?

  • i don't have kids and i like the idea

    Votes: 10 30.3%

  • i don't have kids and i don't like the idea

    Votes: 12 36.4%

  • i have kids and i like the idea

    Votes: 6 18.2%

  • i have kids and i don't like the idea

    Votes: 5 15.2%

  • i'm not sure

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    33
ANC

ANC

Well-Known Member
Dude, I think its a little low calling him a bad parent for wanting his child to be safe.
I'm sure the only reason my parents didn't leash me is because they weren't shy to belt me, and after enough of that they just have to do the eye thing parents do.... and it actualy works.
 
Johnney Herbz

Johnney Herbz

Active Member
Every day or few days a week i see a different kid in that "Monkey" themed kid leash. LOL! shit always makes me laugh. one kid saw me starting at it once and i started laughing and he cried lol!
 
DaBuzzard

DaBuzzard

Member
I am all for children on a leash. The reason being is, people just don't know how to raise them or keep track of them. Example- My girlfriend and I are down at the lake enjoying the weather and doing some fishing, another couple comes to do the same with their child who has down syndrome, within a few minutes he is 30 yards down the beach standing by us, a couple of minutes pass and the parents haven't noticed or don't care. After what seems to be 10 or 15 minutes he is now in the water standing waist deep between both of our lines, this started to scare us because we didn't want to have to save this child from drowning or have him get tangled in our lines. Finally I begin to get frustrated and feel the need to get nasty and I yell down the beach, would you please come get your retard! The mother comes down to get him and looks at me like I am some kind of animal for insulting them. I felt bad for saying it, but it's not my job to watch your kid. The child stayed by them the rest of the day. Parents learned a lesson.
 
Unnk

Unnk

Well-Known Member
[video=hulu;g20Fse9sQyk6JicfmoNTog]http://www.hulu.com/watch/18878/saturday-night-live-phillip[/video]

thats all i have to say
 
Wallmandummy

Wallmandummy

Active Member
all of you on this that dont have kids ( lulz ) when you have one you will know your kid can and WILL run you in to the dirt they have unlimited energy. pic o doom.jpg so i got this for my kid that :D your choices are a stroller or hold you kid all day if you dont. Kids run off if you let them walk there little eyes see a toy poof off they go. with the kid harness your kid can walk and move getting beneficial exercise ( that they will not get in a stroller or you holding them ) and they get the free choice to move where they want with in range :D its not like you use the thing to drag you kid or pull em on their butt
 
ANC

ANC

Well-Known Member
I say beat them or leash them, but don't leave them running around other people's lives.
Thing that pisses me off most is kids running around in restaurants.
 
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Japanfreak

New Member
Maybe it's because Americans tend to drive everywhere and kids don't get enough practice walking with their parents but it never seems to be a problem here. Your kids just stick by your side. I used the baby bjorn for a few years like you say of course but once they started walking they were on their own, of course I had to pull them away from a toy aisle once in a while but that's kids.
 
PussymOneyWeed

PussymOneyWeed

Well-Known Member
Japanfreak said:
You need more practice so you shouldn't give up so soon guy. You failed to be funny and that's what you were after. Humor is like anything, if you aren't speaking from experience you just sound like an ass.
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Who are you? Arent you that kid who came here to further whine about THCfarm? Mr. Ive been here for four days, please get off my nuts.

And I wasnt trying to be funny at all actually. Maybe your just confused, it's okay it happens.


DaBuzzard said:
I am all for children on a leash. The reason being is, people just don't know how to raise them or keep track of them. Example- My girlfriend and I are down at the lake enjoying the weather and doing some fishing, another couple comes to do the same with their child who has down syndrome, within a few minutes he is 30 yards down the beach standing by us, a couple of minutes pass and the parents haven't noticed or don't care. After what seems to be 10 or 15 minutes he is now in the water standing waist deep between both of our lines, this started to scare us because we didn't want to have to save this child from drowning or have him get tangled in our lines. Finally I begin to get frustrated and feel the need to get nasty and I yell down the beach, would you please come get your retard! The mother comes down to get him and looks at me like I am some kind of animal for insulting them. I felt bad for saying it, but it's not my job to watch your kid. The child stayed by them the rest of the day. Parents learned a lesson.
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The people who put thier kids on leashes are the people of who shouldn't have had kids(or atleast at that point in there lives). This is why they need the leashes, Because they can't keep an eye on there kid, even if he a "retard" as you just proved. Thats just bad parenting, and a leash damn sure isnt gonna fix that. You should have made your wife or girlfriend abort that shit or put it up for adoption at the very beginning if you werent ready, you dont just ruin the kids life.


*inB4someoneexplodescausetheythinkimadickface

Time for a bong rip. =D
 
Grumpy Old Dreamer

Grumpy Old Dreamer

Well-Known Member
It's not really about being a bad parent, or even an unattentive parent - it's more about the world we live in.

Unless you are one of the priveledged few, you don't have the opportunity to spend all of your time intensely focussed on your child.
Such meanial chores as shopping for food in the little time you have available means that you may get distracted, and it's common knowledge that small children can both teleport and render themselves invisible in less than a nano-second.
While they have this seemingly advanced ability, they are lacking in the more basic abilities such as rational thought or an awareness of their geographical location.
These two shortcommings allow the child (once teleported and invisible) to become easily distracted and located in a parallel universe ... but I digress, even in this universe there are potential dangers.

There is a good market for the illegal trade of small children ... childless couples or the sex business generally pay a premium.

Then again there are plenty of opportunist child snatchers in that crowd of innocent-looking fellow shoppers (it could even be you) - you all use the internet so you all know what sort of anti-social behaviours are possible.

Having your child on a tether is similar to a bikie having his wallet on a chain - the child (or the wallet) are very valuable and would be more than a minor inconvenience if they were lost or stolen.

I have raised two children and didn't use a tether, maybe that was when I first developed my OCD ... being totally, obsessively focussed on my children at all times and paranoid when out crowded places with them ... or maybe not.

Personally I would like to be able to fit them with an anti-gravity suit as well, so they can float along behind you like a balloon.

Just need to watch for ceiling fans.
 
PussymOneyWeed

PussymOneyWeed

Well-Known Member
Wallmandummy said:
all of you on this that dont have kids ( lulz ) when you have one you will know your kid can and WILL run you in to the dirt they have unlimited energy. View attachment 1284644 so i got this for my kid that :D your choices are a stroller or hold you kid all day if you dont. Kids run off if you let them walk there little eyes see a toy poof off they go. with the kid harness your kid can walk and move getting beneficial exercise ( that they will not get in a stroller or you holding them ) and they get the free choice to move where they want with in range :D its not like you use the thing to drag you kid or pull em on their butt
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you remember this one

[video=youtube;PtMRddAIHx0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtMRddAIHx0[/video]

lolol you know how many times ive seen shit like this. (mainly black people and puerto ricans...just sayin)
 
PussymOneyWeed

PussymOneyWeed

Well-Known Member
Grumpy Old Dreamer said:
It's not really about being a bad parent, or even an unattentive parent - it's more about the world we live in.

Unless you are one of the priveledged few, you don't have the opportunity to spend all of your time intensely focussed on your child.
Such meanial chores as shopping for food in the little time you have available means that you may get distracted, and it's common knowledge that small children can both teleport and render themselves invisible in less than a nano-second.
While they have this seemingly advanced ability, they are lacking in the more basic abilities such as rational thought or an awareness of their geographical location.
These two shortcommings allow the child (once teleported and invisible) to become easily distracted and located in a parallel universe ... but I digress, even in this universe there are potential dangers.

There is a good market for the illegal trade of small children ... childless couples or the sex business generally pay a premium.

Then again there are plenty of opportunist child snatchers in that crowd of innocent-looking fellow shoppers (it could even be you) - you all use the internet so you all know what sort of anti-social behaviours are possible.

Having your child on a tether is similar to a bikie having his wallet on a chain - the child (or the wallet) are very valuable and would be more than a minor inconvenience if they were lost or stolen.

I have raised two children and didn't use a tether, maybe that was when I first developed my OCD ... being totally, obsessively focussed on my children at all times and paranoid when out crowded places with them ... or maybe not.

Personally I would like to be able to fit them with an anti-gravity suit as well, so they can float along behind you like a balloon.

Just need to watch for ceiling fans.
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I totally understand 100% what you're saying about all the dangers that we have too look out for, along with how children can just slip away in a second. But see for example whenever we went out places when i was little, such as the grocery store, My mother had my ass permanently attached to the seat of the cart. And if she needed the room i'd either get out and hold the side of the cart or have to hold her hand. If not I would get in trouble and my parents would stick too it. (instead of just giving up and sticking me on a leash and letting me run in front of people or knocking shit over). I guess the main problem is that it boils down to parenting has gone to complete shit in the last 10 years. Parents have no drive to be parents cause most of them just fucked up and didnt use a condom. The real notion of getting married and having a happy family has died in america. It's now always an "oh shit" situation.
 
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cmt1984

Well-Known Member
PussymOneyWeed said:
I totally understand 100% what you're saying about all the dangers that we have too look out for, along with how children can just slip away in a second. But see for example whenever we went out places when i was little, such as the grocery store, My mother had my ass permanently attached to the seat of the cart. And if she needed the room i'd either get out and hold the side of the cart or have to hold her hand. If not I would get in trouble and my parents would stick too it. (instead of just giving up and sticking me on a leash and letting me run in front of people or knocking shit over). I guess the main problem is that it boils down to parenting has gone to complete shit in the last 10 years. Parents have no drive to be parents cause most of them just fucked up and didnt use a condom. The real notion of getting married and having a happy family has died in america. It's now always an "oh shit" situation.
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couldnt have said it better myself. my sister and i were also always in the cart or holding on to it, we were not aloud to run around like monsters. its sad how many kids control their parents these days.

but i think that the leashes are a must for some. some kids are insane and some parents are stupid so it would work well in either of those situations.
 
Leothwyn

Leothwyn

Well-Known Member
Kid leashes have always given me a bad feeling... I guess it's mainly that they're a relatively new thing, and I'm used to leashes being for dogs. I have a young son and don't own a kid leash. After taking him to crazy, crowded fairs or things like that I can understand parents occasionally wanting to use one though. In a place like that a kid could get separated from parents pretty easily without it being anyone's fault really. In other situations where it's not so crowded it does seem unnecessary and a bit lazy IMO.
 
ANC

ANC

Well-Known Member
I remember how sad I was one day we went to the hypermarket.... and I could no longer fit in the little seat, think it was more disapointing than the whole santa thing.
 
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GanjaneticallyBlessed

Member
When I was a kid, there was three of us in the family. Not a single one of us rampantly ran around stores, parks, or any other locations. In fact when I was 4 - 5 years old I rallied my siblings if they got distracted somewhere and I was about to lose visual sight of my parents. This is because I have good parents.

I honestly believe most of it just comes down to general bad parenting. It's not really debatable either, just look at society now days... it speaks for itself.
 
purplehazin

purplehazin

Well-Known Member
I can understand why people use them, but that's not the way i would raise my child. Parents need to teach their child that there are dire consequences for running off in a crowd full of people. I remember when I got lost at a fair one time... spent 3 hours crying at the security building. Guess what, never let my parents out of sight again. I have a baby girl that will never have a leash hooked up to her. :)
 
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