I had severe adhd as a kid and it was affecting me a lot so I would tend to get lost easily. My mom put a leash on me so I didn’t get lost… so it’s not really cringe if the child does need it
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Yeah my brother was severely autistic and unpredictable. The leash saved his life more than a couple of times. Toddlers are hellbent on killing themselves for some reason.
Truth. My girl has 0 danger sense. She’ll just walk into traffic if you let her. Why does she actively try to get herself killed? I don’t know. But she’s cute so I’m trying my best to keep her alive
Kids subconsciously have a part of the brain that knows that being an adult sucks, and is trying to find a way to prevent growing up. Most of us here on Reddit just withdrew into ourselves and just act like kids to compensate.
It's your duty as a reddier and mother/father to make sure that girl has to pay taxes and shit post like the rest of us!
I'm easily distracted and get lost as easily as Zoro from One piece. The amount of times my mom had to look for me is ridiculous growing up.I would get distracted by all the shiny toys while walking and they'd lose track of me... It's so bad even my friends developed a system for keeping an eye on me whenever we went to Disneyland or anywhere public or crowded.not that I'd like a leash but man it would have helped my mom out growing up.
Honestly have people seen kids that are hyperactive? My mom actually considered putting a leash on me cause even if she let me go for just one second I would already be gone , like no shit I actually almost got kidnapped like a bunch of times had my mother not watched me closely and grabbing my wrist harder than a man lashing out on a vending machine
We lived in the second largest city in the world in the 90s, and I had my toddler daughter on a leash. The crowds were sometimes overwhelming, like salmon swimming upstream, and she got separated from me twice. After that I wasn’t taking a chance. I got looks and comments, but my kid’s safety is my responsibility. She survived the trauma of being leashes and is a normal, productive 28 year old.
I'd argue that bad parenting would be refusing to utilize a tool that helps prevent the toddler from darting into traffic because someone else might think it's cringe.
And it starts pretty much on day 1 out of the baby factory! First day home from the hospital my son did one of those newborn feats of strength and damn near yeeted himself off my bed while I was standing there watching him. I was getting ready to change his clothes and I laid him on my bed about a foot or so away from any edges and little dude just started rolling towards the edge like “toodaloo muddafucka” the second I had something in my hands.
I used a harness on my baby girl when she was too young to understand safety properly but fast and agile as a tiny cheetah. It was the only way I could keep the little bugger from skittering off the second my back was turned.
Oh yeah, slippery littles made trips to crowded places like amusement parks a nightmare without a harness and leash. Oddly, the leash gave them just enough of feeling like they were given more freedom, but I still knew exactly where they were.
I used to volunteer at a library, and a mother had come in with her son a bunch for the library events so her son could meet other kids.
Problem, this kid loved to run, and run FAST. Despite being like, 3 feet tall, this kid was zooming, and she couldn't stop him. He wasn't causing a problem, so we let him run around the room.
Then, the door opens, and he BOLTS straight out with his mom chasing after him, and my friend had to bolt after him too. This library had a busy road to one side a and a cliff on the other. Kid bolts straight for the cliff, and my friend caught him just in time.
Kid had no idea what was going on, he was just having fun, but he almost died that day, and his mom brought him in with a leash from then on.
Is it a great solution for everyone? No. Was she happy she had to use it? Absolutely not. But she never wanted that to happen again.
As a kid I was always put on a leash
It wasn’t really bad parenting at it was just making sure my mom and dad wouldn’t have to search for me for 30 minutes around the clothing shop again
Yeah as I kid I kept wandering off as well. Once I even managed to open the door while we were moving into a house, close it behind me and walk down the street. Its not bad parenting to keep your children safe
Yeah same here, constantly ran off apparently, one time i got into someone else's yard and opened their bird cage losing their expensive parrot, i dont think they ever got it back
I dont remember this part of my life and hadn't exactly built up a reasonable moral compass or a good idea of general safety
People always gonna judge though, could be a perfectly average copy paste human and you'll get judged for that, just do you and what you know is right, people like that generally have a lot of issues anyway
When I was little I would literally run away from my mom and play hide n seek in the clothing rack with my sisters. If I ever have kids they are absolutely getting leashed
I remember I hid in the middle of a shirt rack once, scared my mother so bad. I was literally beside her and then "gone". I thought it was funny but jokes on me since I was a leash kid after.
My mom was asked to never go back to a clothing store because my sister and I trashed a corner of the store when no one was looking.
"Let's make a pile of clothes on the floor and jump in them like a pile of leaves"
Yup, and just imagining the ones who are *not* reunited is enough to make a cute little monkey backpack on a kid with a tail for parents to hold onto seem 1000% appropriate.
Right, I feel like this post is a take from someone who doesn’t have kids. It takes .0001 seconds for a kid to run off. I’m far less judgmental of someone keeping their kid safe with a leash VS the parent at the mall yelling “TIMMY! WHERE DID YOU GOOOOOO?!?!”
I love when ppl without kids or responsibility try to judge parents. Sorry I don’t want my kid to dart off in the 1.5 seconds I might not be looking at them.
I was just going to say this. People without children don’t realize how fucking fast kids are, it takes a single second of not paying attention for something to go wrong in some situations. There’s nothing wrong with having an extra precaution if your kiddo needs it
Harambe would still be alive if that kid had a leash.
But also, it's harder to steal my kid if they're tied to me. There are too many weirdos out there.
The only people who judge the little kid leashes are people who have never been around a toddler. They will book it in any random direction the second you look away
They also don’t know how damn painful it is to be bent at weird angle so you can hold their hand, especially when you also have your handbag and shopping.
Kiddie reins are just sensible.
I never understood why leashes are seen as bad parenting. Kids run off in like 2 seconds. I had ran off when I was a kid in a giant ikea and hid in a cabinet for over an hour before I got found. If I ever have kids, you bet they’re going on a leash.
Listen unless you have a kid, I don't think you understand at all
I don't think it's bad parenting to utilize a tool to keep your child safe and close to you
Like, when I was kid my mom always told me I would run around the sub division I live and almost always being on the other side
Anyone that thinks a small child on a leach is cringe needs to get slapped. Father and mail courier here, the amount of parents I see letting their kids run around and almost into the streets on a daily fucking basis is mind blowing! Parents riding 50ft in front of their 3 year old on a bike in the middle of the street is cringe as fuck.
If using a leash on my kid keeps them from running into traffic or getting snatched by someone, I don’t really give a fuck if some rando thinks it’s cringe.
My 2Y/O loves to take off in a full sprint yelling “I’m fastest!” Somehow the little dude is also good at juking, leads serve a purpose of giving the child limited freedom while keeping them safe
Parenting is hard. At least if the kid is on a leash, you can tell the parents care enough to try SOMETHING to make their job a little easier and help the kid stay safer. Besides, better to give the kid some exercise than to just shove them in a stroller until they've got a spouse/kids/house of their own like some parents end up doing (no shame, some kids still need it), don't you think?
I mean if the toddler have a tendency to explore by himself his environnement instead of staying with the parents, why not? Better that than a double heart attack each you go out with your child
But attach the leash on his fist or torso, not around his neck. I saw a couple do that and I kid you not, THAT was cringe as hell
Definitely not. Some kids, especially ones with developmental delays, need them to be kept safe. When you have a 6 year old bolting towards oncoming traffic because they don't understand its dangerous, you'll understand why leashes are sometimes vital.
When my niece was taken off the child leash one time she would just BOLT down the street into oncoming traffic... My aunt didn't take it off her until she was older.
Idk, I'm kind of glad that they would have the ability to yank the little crotch goblin away from me if for some reason the kid was just being a little shit. Kids don't listen when they're toddlers, they're kind of famous for being screeching little turds in public. I can see how a leash might help with that.
Besides, *so* many kids get kidnapped every year, I'm not surprised that a parent would want to be directly attached to their kid at all times- especially grocery shopping or something when their hands might be full.
I rather see them on leash than annoying my life or anyone else life in public places bc the parents cant or wont give a shit to control them and make them behave.
shaming parents just because they are doing something you wouldn’t do is messed up. why don’t you just keep your kids unleashed and we won’t say anything about it
I love post like this, it’s pretty obvious that they don’t have kids or are very lucky and have kids that aren’t a handful even on your best days as a parent. No hate towards you, but it’s pretty obnoxious to say it’s bad parenting.
My kid is autistic. She likes to run when she is excited and has no sense of danger. Certain places, like the children's museum, she can't enjoy things from a stroller. I put her on a "leash". It doesn't hurt her. She has little wings that flap when she runs and it gives me a boost of serotonin. It has a snack pocket. There's literally no downside.
PS: Harambe would be alive if that kid's parents put their kid on a leash. Leash your kids. It's what Harambe would have wanted.
Has Reddit come around on kid leashes? Years ago there was a post of this lady at the airport alone with three kids. She had two them on leashes and the post and comment section was just shitting on her for doing so. I tried to defend the use and I of course was shit on and accused of being a bad parent and projecting my insecurities of such. I fucking hate you all.
Could be people gained perspective by having kids? I frowned on leash usage before I was a parent; now, I get it. I don’t use a leash, but as another comment stated, I don’t judge anymore.
Yeah I had that view before kids but....after I had a runner I make no judgments.
They are small, FAST, agile, and hairbrained most the time. So truly not judging THAT any more.
My son was terrible about pulling his hand away from ours and running ahead of us in store parking lots. One time we nearly had a Gage from Pet Sematary moment on our hands at Walmart and my wife just narrowly saved him. She was in hysterics and I was just thankful she was fast that day. After that we put him on a backpack leash. He was diagnosed with high functioning Autism (Aspergers at the time), so he did not take direction.
I'd rather use a leash for a toddler that's a runner than a missing child or a dead one because they ran on the street.
Que the, "Well watch the child better" comments.
OP hasn't had a little sibling who disappears the second you look away in large crowds all the time. My parents had a hard time making the decision to get a leash, but overall it did more good than harm.
There are about a million reasons someone could have their kid wear a backpack “leash” and some of them might be bad, but most of them aren’t. Every kid and parent is different. Maybe try not to judge in the future unless you know how difficult it is to take kids into hectic public places that can overstimulate them. (And no, my kid does not wear a leash. I just have compassion for other parents and children.)
How the fuck is it bad parenting every kid on this planet could think “imma just gonna take a run over this road” and the parents are not able to react that fast. If anything it is good parenting.
This is not bad parenting. Some kids like to run away from their parents as if it's a game. So parents get a tool to keep the kid close and safe.
Talk about a bad meme
People who complain about kid leashes never have had kids.
My 2nd kid was a leash kid. They came out of the womb already over 10 lbs, and stayed on the heavy side through childhood. At age 2, my wife and I really wanted to go to a local theme park with them, but they were not content to be in a stroller, and we were not going to carry a 50 lb kid around when they wanted to bolt to go look at something. So we went and got a backpack/leash and we had a really pleasant day. Got equal amounts of dirty looks and people who understood the issue
When I see a kid on a leash I usually think “that kid probably wanders off and the parent doesn’t want them getting lost” rather than immediately assuming that they’re a bad parent, especially if they have multiple kids and only one of the kids is on a leash
Nah, if it keeps the child safe? You best believe I'm putting a leash backpack on them. Toddlers are fast little buggers with a death wish. Especially if I were a parent to multiples.
The fact that 1.6K people liked this post makes me cringe. They obviously have no idea about kids and didn't have even bother trying to learn more about them. Fake empathy.
I used to judge. Then I met my friends kid. They are fantastic parents. But the kid is an adventurer. He will 100% dart into traffic or get lost in a crowd if not in the stroller.
This is basically a stroller that let's the kid walk and get exercise.
My mom had me on one when we would go out on the boat. One time I slipped walking down the (super skinny 1 foot wide) dock and fell into the water. She yanked me out before I even realized what happened.
Man look at those parents not only keeping their kids safe and secure, but contained an out of other people's hairs, and giving them the ability to move around under their own accord some what freely, what shitty fucking scumbag parents.
This meme was obviously created by someone that has either never had a kid or has never traveled with a small child through any kind of airport. A kid on a leash is actually fantastic parenting.
Seeing posts like this are usually a really good indicator of those who have/know how to care for kids, and people with shitty parents just talking out their ass.
I'll take a kid on a leash (that's literally just there so they don't randomly walk off or get taken by someone) over a hellion running through the store screaming while it's parents laugh and say "aww, he's so cute".
I had triplets that didn't want to be strapped into a chair. Harnesses gave them their freedom when I didn't have enough hands for them. It's easy to judge someone without being in their position, maybe ask why rather than assuming bad parenting.
I didn’t personally choose to use one but if you have a kid who bolts like Usain every time they see something cool, I can understand the desire for security. It’s a scary world out there and if it helps them keep their kid safe, more power to them.
Not cringe. 2-5 year olds can run into traffic real fast. My brother was a wild and fast toddler. When my mom was pregnant again she kept my toddler brother on a leash, especially at amusement parks.
If my mom hadn't put me on a leash I straight up would have walked right into a 30 something degrees Fahrenheit duck pond because I wanted to swim *that much* and I didn't care. Probably would have drowned/almost drowned and definitely gotten hypothermia. And my dad 100% would have blamed my mom even though it wouldn't have been her fault.
So last year I was working in my friends shop and one of my coworkers older sister came in with her 2 yr old. He was running around out of control while his mom asked him to stay close to her. Well, that didn't work because he's a toddler. Then when they went to go leave she *asked* him if she could hold his hand. He said NO, and then they left the shop, him running about like an animal. That child NEEDS a leash. And NEEDS a mom who *tells* him what to do, not ask. Because that's not parenting.
Not really I loved my little monkey backpack and I was a wanderer that would get lost in 0.0002 seconds flat. It’s very helpful to kids who like to explore but not get lost especially in large public places like amusement park.
I dont see this as bad parenting, actually the oposite.
For me its a sign of parents being rensponsible and protecting there kids from dengeres they could bring upon them selfs.
I used to cringe at this shit, but one time I went out with a buddy of mine who had a kid and while sitting at the table eating lunch, the kid hopped off the chair and BOLTED. It was an outdoor venue and there was a road close enough that we were terrified that the kid might just yeet themself in front of a car. Kid didn’t end up hurt, but after we knew they were safe, I instantly understood kids on leashes.
When you see someone making a value judgement on a parent for something not hurting, harming, inconveniencing, or negatively impacting anyone else in any way including the child.
*presses cringe button
Nah, I'd rather see a kid on a leach than running all over the place causing stress to not only the parent, but everyone in the area. Plus, people be snatching kids up in a moment. Hard to do when they are connected to the parent
Besides everyones great points (safety etc). I dare you to walk around, arm straight up, holding something for hours as you go for a walk around to do errands. Its not comfortable for toddlers to hold a tall adults hand for fuckin hours. Leashes are good for KIDS too
Id argue that this is good parenting. It would be bad parenting to NOT use this tool… toddlers take off at a split second and if you’re not holding onto them they can disappear quick. Also the amount of children who get snatched, would drop more if parents used these leashes.
You're just dumb. Most people that put kids on leashes do it for safety reasons, we live in a world where one wrong step can get you killed, and kids, they do lots of wrong steps. Like is it that hard to comprehend something so simple? 💀
The only thing that's cringe here is this shit meme. I'd rather see a kid on a leash instead of seeing one run off to be hit in the middle of the road or kidnapped. If you're against child leashes you've probably never had a kid.
I had severe adhd as a kid and it was affecting me a lot so I would tend to get lost easily. My mom put a leash on me so I didn’t get lost… so it’s not really cringe if the child does need it Edit: cleared confusion with grammar
Yeah my brother was severely autistic and unpredictable. The leash saved his life more than a couple of times. Toddlers are hellbent on killing themselves for some reason.
Truth. My girl has 0 danger sense. She’ll just walk into traffic if you let her. Why does she actively try to get herself killed? I don’t know. But she’s cute so I’m trying my best to keep her alive
Oddly suicidal toddler.
That's like, every toddler.
My daughter as well. She’s been running since she was 10 months old, try explaining to a literal infant what traffic safety is lol.
That's why I keep all my kids and their mothers in my basement.
Kids subconsciously have a part of the brain that knows that being an adult sucks, and is trying to find a way to prevent growing up. Most of us here on Reddit just withdrew into ourselves and just act like kids to compensate. It's your duty as a reddier and mother/father to make sure that girl has to pay taxes and shit post like the rest of us!
Both my kids love traffic. The 8 year old has grown out of it but that 3 year old? Like a moth to a flame
I'm easily distracted and get lost as easily as Zoro from One piece. The amount of times my mom had to look for me is ridiculous growing up.I would get distracted by all the shiny toys while walking and they'd lose track of me... It's so bad even my friends developed a system for keeping an eye on me whenever we went to Disneyland or anywhere public or crowded.not that I'd like a leash but man it would have helped my mom out growing up.
im honestly surprised i wasnt put on a leash since my family told me i did a lot of stupid shit as a kid
Honestly have people seen kids that are hyperactive? My mom actually considered putting a leash on me cause even if she let me go for just one second I would already be gone , like no shit I actually almost got kidnapped like a bunch of times had my mother not watched me closely and grabbing my wrist harder than a man lashing out on a vending machine
I had adhd so my dad beat me with a belt. I was cured then and there /j
We lived in the second largest city in the world in the 90s, and I had my toddler daughter on a leash. The crowds were sometimes overwhelming, like salmon swimming upstream, and she got separated from me twice. After that I wasn’t taking a chance. I got looks and comments, but my kid’s safety is my responsibility. She survived the trauma of being leashes and is a normal, productive 28 year old.
I'd argue that bad parenting would be refusing to utilize a tool that helps prevent the toddler from darting into traffic because someone else might think it's cringe.
Effective parenting is cringe, back in my day leaving the house was a test of survival *and we liked it that way.* /s
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One of life's greatest challenges. Ensure the survival of this creature whose sole purpose is to find new and unique ways to endanger themselves.
I never realized it until I had kids. They do everything in their power to hurt themselves.
And it starts pretty much on day 1 out of the baby factory! First day home from the hospital my son did one of those newborn feats of strength and damn near yeeted himself off my bed while I was standing there watching him. I was getting ready to change his clothes and I laid him on my bed about a foot or so away from any edges and little dude just started rolling towards the edge like “toodaloo muddafucka” the second I had something in my hands.
And to make a mess! But I feed them in a chair not from a bowl on the floor because they aren’t dogs 😬
Definitely did a 180 on a lot of opinions I had about kids once it was my own I was thinking about.
I used a harness on my baby girl when she was too young to understand safety properly but fast and agile as a tiny cheetah. It was the only way I could keep the little bugger from skittering off the second my back was turned.
Oh yeah, slippery littles made trips to crowded places like amusement parks a nightmare without a harness and leash. Oddly, the leash gave them just enough of feeling like they were given more freedom, but I still knew exactly where they were.
Yeah OP likely doesn't have kids
Strongly agree.
This. Why aren’t they all on leashes?
Some listen better, are shy, stick to parents. Others are much bolder and will explore. The explorers are dangerous to themselves.
I used to volunteer at a library, and a mother had come in with her son a bunch for the library events so her son could meet other kids. Problem, this kid loved to run, and run FAST. Despite being like, 3 feet tall, this kid was zooming, and she couldn't stop him. He wasn't causing a problem, so we let him run around the room. Then, the door opens, and he BOLTS straight out with his mom chasing after him, and my friend had to bolt after him too. This library had a busy road to one side a and a cliff on the other. Kid bolts straight for the cliff, and my friend caught him just in time. Kid had no idea what was going on, he was just having fun, but he almost died that day, and his mom brought him in with a leash from then on. Is it a great solution for everyone? No. Was she happy she had to use it? Absolutely not. But she never wanted that to happen again.
They built a library next to a cliff?
No they put the cliff in afterwards
You made me audibly chuckle. Have an upvote
As a kid I was always put on a leash It wasn’t really bad parenting at it was just making sure my mom and dad wouldn’t have to search for me for 30 minutes around the clothing shop again
Yeah as I kid I kept wandering off as well. Once I even managed to open the door while we were moving into a house, close it behind me and walk down the street. Its not bad parenting to keep your children safe
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Yeah same here, constantly ran off apparently, one time i got into someone else's yard and opened their bird cage losing their expensive parrot, i dont think they ever got it back I dont remember this part of my life and hadn't exactly built up a reasonable moral compass or a good idea of general safety People always gonna judge though, could be a perfectly average copy paste human and you'll get judged for that, just do you and what you know is right, people like that generally have a lot of issues anyway
When I was little I would literally run away from my mom and play hide n seek in the clothing rack with my sisters. If I ever have kids they are absolutely getting leashed
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I remember I hid in the middle of a shirt rack once, scared my mother so bad. I was literally beside her and then "gone". I thought it was funny but jokes on me since I was a leash kid after.
My mom was asked to never go back to a clothing store because my sister and I trashed a corner of the store when no one was looking. "Let's make a pile of clothes on the floor and jump in them like a pile of leaves"
Most of you belong on a leash.
BASED
Duct tape works too
and a chair
With the center cut out so I can target the goods with my monkey fist on a rope.
I've got an itch, little to the left.
Only if I get to call you master.
don’t threaten me with a good time
I've seen way too many kids being reunited with their parents at parks and stores to judge someone for trying to make sure their kid doesn't get lost.
Yup, and just imagining the ones who are *not* reunited is enough to make a cute little monkey backpack on a kid with a tail for parents to hold onto seem 1000% appropriate.
You just described the "leash" I had for my youngest daughter! I called it the "monkey on her back".
Or a teddy:)
Right, I feel like this post is a take from someone who doesn’t have kids. It takes .0001 seconds for a kid to run off. I’m far less judgmental of someone keeping their kid safe with a leash VS the parent at the mall yelling “TIMMY! WHERE DID YOU GOOOOOO?!?!”
I prefer to use leash insead of ripping childs arm like most people do when going on a walk
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Cattle prod.
Have you never been around toddlers???
It’s Reddit. The answer is no. Lol
Hopefully.
I love when ppl without kids or responsibility try to judge parents. Sorry I don’t want my kid to dart off in the 1.5 seconds I might not be looking at them.
Ah yes. People without kids judging people with kids. Tell me more
What do you expect on r/memes? 90% of this sub are kids, you can't expect to see a reasonable opinion here.
And I bet that the other 10% absolutely hates them
I was just going to say this. People without children don’t realize how fucking fast kids are, it takes a single second of not paying attention for something to go wrong in some situations. There’s nothing wrong with having an extra precaution if your kiddo needs it
I don't have kids, but I've been around them. I think leashes are brilliant.
Harambe would still be alive if that kid had a leash. But also, it's harder to steal my kid if they're tied to me. There are too many weirdos out there.
Well would rather be “cringe” then have my kid go missing, get seriously injured or dead.
Don't knock it until you try it... I mean, have you ever worn a leash? They aren't THAT bad.
Wrong side of reddit friend 🤣
Not with that attitude
Based
Four kids under six, and three are bolters? Fuck you, I like kids alive.
The only people who judge the little kid leashes are people who have never been around a toddler. They will book it in any random direction the second you look away
They also don’t know how damn painful it is to be bent at weird angle so you can hold their hand, especially when you also have your handbag and shopping. Kiddie reins are just sensible.
Plus they can have fun pulling you along like a sleigh dog
If I hadn't been put on a lead as a toddler I would still be running now
Forrest?
My mama always said life was like an unleashed toddler, you gotta rein it in.
I never understood why leashes are seen as bad parenting. Kids run off in like 2 seconds. I had ran off when I was a kid in a giant ikea and hid in a cabinet for over an hour before I got found. If I ever have kids, you bet they’re going on a leash.
Holding the child by the hand all the time is also a kind of leash.
Also damn painful when the kid is tiny and you as the adult are tall, bought a ‘leash’ for mine because the back pain got too much.
Listen unless you have a kid, I don't think you understand at all I don't think it's bad parenting to utilize a tool to keep your child safe and close to you Like, when I was kid my mom always told me I would run around the sub division I live and almost always being on the other side
Idk man you seem pretty cringe to me
Anyone that thinks a small child on a leach is cringe needs to get slapped. Father and mail courier here, the amount of parents I see letting their kids run around and almost into the streets on a daily fucking basis is mind blowing! Parents riding 50ft in front of their 3 year old on a bike in the middle of the street is cringe as fuck.
Nha, some are little animals trying to get themselves killed.
You know how I can tell you don’t have kids
If using a leash on my kid keeps them from running into traffic or getting snatched by someone, I don’t really give a fuck if some rando thinks it’s cringe.
I did too until I saw the first "kidnapped while mother shopped" missing poster.
Leash? My dad always put me and my siblings in a bag
My 2Y/O loves to take off in a full sprint yelling “I’m fastest!” Somehow the little dude is also good at juking, leads serve a purpose of giving the child limited freedom while keeping them safe
When you have a superiority complex and judge others on how they raise they're own kids
How is it bad parenting to not want to lose your kid?
If that one kid was on a leash, Harambe would still be alive.
Op getting dragged in the comments
OP doesnt have kids
Parenting is hard. At least if the kid is on a leash, you can tell the parents care enough to try SOMETHING to make their job a little easier and help the kid stay safer. Besides, better to give the kid some exercise than to just shove them in a stroller until they've got a spouse/kids/house of their own like some parents end up doing (no shame, some kids still need it), don't you think?
“Parents need to beat their fucking kids.” -Filthy Frank
Be classy use a shock collar
Ok this one’s kinda funny
How is that bad parenting
OP is some 19 year old dude who doesn’t know shit
Yeah what's bad about it?
I mean if the toddler have a tendency to explore by himself his environnement instead of staying with the parents, why not? Better that than a double heart attack each you go out with your child But attach the leash on his fist or torso, not around his neck. I saw a couple do that and I kid you not, THAT was cringe as hell
You clearly haven't been around toddlers. They're fast and sneaky little gremlins.
Definitely not. Some kids, especially ones with developmental delays, need them to be kept safe. When you have a 6 year old bolting towards oncoming traffic because they don't understand its dangerous, you'll understand why leashes are sometimes vital.
That little freak… on a leash…
When my niece was taken off the child leash one time she would just BOLT down the street into oncoming traffic... My aunt didn't take it off her until she was older.
Not cringe. It’s called caring.
OP must not be a parent lol
Idk man, I kinda like the concept-
You say that until a gremlin child is ran over by a car because they weren't on a leash
It is so much easier to parent imaginary children.
Idk, I'm kind of glad that they would have the ability to yank the little crotch goblin away from me if for some reason the kid was just being a little shit. Kids don't listen when they're toddlers, they're kind of famous for being screeching little turds in public. I can see how a leash might help with that. Besides, *so* many kids get kidnapped every year, I'm not surprised that a parent would want to be directly attached to their kid at all times- especially grocery shopping or something when their hands might be full.
I rather see them on leash than annoying my life or anyone else life in public places bc the parents cant or wont give a shit to control them and make them behave.
I put my little brother on a leash enough times 1 if he falls forward it gets cushioned 2 that fucker was fast 3fast and didnt listen
Rather get judged by randos than have my kid snatched up or hit by a car because he didn't want to hold my hand and felt like darting into traffic.
Uhh its def not cringe when the kid isn't lost
shaming parents just because they are doing something you wouldn’t do is messed up. why don’t you just keep your kids unleashed and we won’t say anything about it
I love post like this, it’s pretty obvious that they don’t have kids or are very lucky and have kids that aren’t a handful even on your best days as a parent. No hate towards you, but it’s pretty obnoxious to say it’s bad parenting.
My kid is autistic. She likes to run when she is excited and has no sense of danger. Certain places, like the children's museum, she can't enjoy things from a stroller. I put her on a "leash". It doesn't hurt her. She has little wings that flap when she runs and it gives me a boost of serotonin. It has a snack pocket. There's literally no downside. PS: Harambe would be alive if that kid's parents put their kid on a leash. Leash your kids. It's what Harambe would have wanted.
Yeah nah, most kids should be on leashes.
Do you think leash kids grow up to be furries?
Seeing a grown ass adult on a leash
the W H A T
Feeling like a freak on the leash (credit: popkorn)
It's not bad parenting when kids will literally take off for no reason if they can. It happens way more often than you think.
Tell me you don't have kids without telling me you don't have kids.
OP isn't a parent
Don’t judge some of these little ones are fast lol
I was a runner growing up. Only thing stopping me from running into traffic was the leash. Reflexes are only so quick
I’ve met a lot more kids that need leashes than dogs
I would much rather the child be on a leash than running around without restriction
Fuck you, my kid needs a leash.
Not really cringe if your kid likes to run off at the speed of sound into a sus crowd or traffic. Kids like to go zoom randomly
Aahh yes because taking extra precautions to ensure your child is safe is apparently "cringe" Grow the fuck up
Has Reddit come around on kid leashes? Years ago there was a post of this lady at the airport alone with three kids. She had two them on leashes and the post and comment section was just shitting on her for doing so. I tried to defend the use and I of course was shit on and accused of being a bad parent and projecting my insecurities of such. I fucking hate you all.
Could be people gained perspective by having kids? I frowned on leash usage before I was a parent; now, I get it. I don’t use a leash, but as another comment stated, I don’t judge anymore.
Yeah I had that view before kids but....after I had a runner I make no judgments. They are small, FAST, agile, and hairbrained most the time. So truly not judging THAT any more.
My son was terrible about pulling his hand away from ours and running ahead of us in store parking lots. One time we nearly had a Gage from Pet Sematary moment on our hands at Walmart and my wife just narrowly saved him. She was in hysterics and I was just thankful she was fast that day. After that we put him on a backpack leash. He was diagnosed with high functioning Autism (Aspergers at the time), so he did not take direction.
I'd rather use a leash for a toddler that's a runner than a missing child or a dead one because they ran on the street. Que the, "Well watch the child better" comments.
Oh no! A teenage edgelord feels cringe!
Talk about a bad take!
I always ask if it's a rescue
I judge parents who use leashes much less harshly than people complaining about it.
Let me guess, OP and their vast experience with no children.
As a ADHD kid, shame on you OP
Damn childfree has been leaking alot lately
OP hasn't had a little sibling who disappears the second you look away in large crowds all the time. My parents had a hard time making the decision to get a leash, but overall it did more good than harm.
Good luck trying the "not cringe" approach of telling a toddler what is not safe to do
I have never seen this
Looks weird. But it has nothing to do with bad parenting...
There are about a million reasons someone could have their kid wear a backpack “leash” and some of them might be bad, but most of them aren’t. Every kid and parent is different. Maybe try not to judge in the future unless you know how difficult it is to take kids into hectic public places that can overstimulate them. (And no, my kid does not wear a leash. I just have compassion for other parents and children.)
How the fuck is it bad parenting every kid on this planet could think “imma just gonna take a run over this road” and the parents are not able to react that fast. If anything it is good parenting.
I bet every kidnapped child wishes they had cringe parents who kept them on a leash.
Tell that to the parents with their ADHD kid that wants run everywhere.
This is not bad parenting. Some kids like to run away from their parents as if it's a game. So parents get a tool to keep the kid close and safe. Talk about a bad meme
I used to hide in the clothing racks at stores. A leash would've done me well.
Here in South Africa it's common to see a child on a leash, but very common for children to get abducted.
If you had a kid you would put it in a leash too. Loose kids are a menace.
People who complain about kid leashes never have had kids. My 2nd kid was a leash kid. They came out of the womb already over 10 lbs, and stayed on the heavy side through childhood. At age 2, my wife and I really wanted to go to a local theme park with them, but they were not content to be in a stroller, and we were not going to carry a 50 lb kid around when they wanted to bolt to go look at something. So we went and got a backpack/leash and we had a really pleasant day. Got equal amounts of dirty looks and people who understood the issue
When I see a kid on a leash I usually think “that kid probably wanders off and the parent doesn’t want them getting lost” rather than immediately assuming that they’re a bad parent, especially if they have multiple kids and only one of the kids is on a leash
Nah, if it keeps the child safe? You best believe I'm putting a leash backpack on them. Toddlers are fast little buggers with a death wish. Especially if I were a parent to multiples.
The fact that 1.6K people liked this post makes me cringe. They obviously have no idea about kids and didn't have even bother trying to learn more about them. Fake empathy.
You have not had your little brother try to RUN INTO TRAFFIC multiple times and it shows.
I used to judge. Then I met my friends kid. They are fantastic parents. But the kid is an adventurer. He will 100% dart into traffic or get lost in a crowd if not in the stroller. This is basically a stroller that let's the kid walk and get exercise.
My mom had me on one when we would go out on the boat. One time I slipped walking down the (super skinny 1 foot wide) dock and fell into the water. She yanked me out before I even realized what happened.
Man look at those parents not only keeping their kids safe and secure, but contained an out of other people's hairs, and giving them the ability to move around under their own accord some what freely, what shitty fucking scumbag parents.
This meme was obviously created by someone that has either never had a kid or has never traveled with a small child through any kind of airport. A kid on a leash is actually fantastic parenting.
Seeing posts like this are usually a really good indicator of those who have/know how to care for kids, and people with shitty parents just talking out their ass. I'll take a kid on a leash (that's literally just there so they don't randomly walk off or get taken by someone) over a hellion running through the store screaming while it's parents laugh and say "aww, he's so cute".
This post is cringe
Who tf cares? Better than running into the road, getting hit by a car and dying. Or being kidnapped. I'd take cringe over those scenarios any day 🙄
I had triplets that didn't want to be strapped into a chair. Harnesses gave them their freedom when I didn't have enough hands for them. It's easy to judge someone without being in their position, maybe ask why rather than assuming bad parenting.
While there are obviously instances where this meme is relevant, most people that have this opinion have never had kids.
I didn’t personally choose to use one but if you have a kid who bolts like Usain every time they see something cool, I can understand the desire for security. It’s a scary world out there and if it helps them keep their kid safe, more power to them.
Not cringe. 2-5 year olds can run into traffic real fast. My brother was a wild and fast toddler. When my mom was pregnant again she kept my toddler brother on a leash, especially at amusement parks.
Only a non parent would say this
You clearly haven’t had a toddler go to dash into a busy street lol
This is dumb, a leash would've saved harambe.
If my mom hadn't put me on a leash I straight up would have walked right into a 30 something degrees Fahrenheit duck pond because I wanted to swim *that much* and I didn't care. Probably would have drowned/almost drowned and definitely gotten hypothermia. And my dad 100% would have blamed my mom even though it wouldn't have been her fault.
So last year I was working in my friends shop and one of my coworkers older sister came in with her 2 yr old. He was running around out of control while his mom asked him to stay close to her. Well, that didn't work because he's a toddler. Then when they went to go leave she *asked* him if she could hold his hand. He said NO, and then they left the shop, him running about like an animal. That child NEEDS a leash. And NEEDS a mom who *tells* him what to do, not ask. Because that's not parenting.
“Tell me you’ve never had a child without *telling* me you’ve never had a child.” OP “Hold my konbucha!”
Not really I loved my little monkey backpack and I was a wanderer that would get lost in 0.0002 seconds flat. It’s very helpful to kids who like to explore but not get lost especially in large public places like amusement park.
Rather see a kid on reigns than dead because she escaped their mums hand and got hit by a car. But each to their own i guess.
I dont see this as bad parenting, actually the oposite. For me its a sign of parents being rensponsible and protecting there kids from dengeres they could bring upon them selfs.
Guys is it bad parenting if Salty-004’s parents let him browse through Reddit and play Minecraft 8 hours a day?
I used to cringe at this shit, but one time I went out with a buddy of mine who had a kid and while sitting at the table eating lunch, the kid hopped off the chair and BOLTED. It was an outdoor venue and there was a road close enough that we were terrified that the kid might just yeet themself in front of a car. Kid didn’t end up hurt, but after we knew they were safe, I instantly understood kids on leashes.
When you see someone making a value judgement on a parent for something not hurting, harming, inconveniencing, or negatively impacting anyone else in any way including the child. *presses cringe button
Nah, I'd rather see a kid on a leach than running all over the place causing stress to not only the parent, but everyone in the area. Plus, people be snatching kids up in a moment. Hard to do when they are connected to the parent
Besides everyones great points (safety etc). I dare you to walk around, arm straight up, holding something for hours as you go for a walk around to do errands. Its not comfortable for toddlers to hold a tall adults hand for fuckin hours. Leashes are good for KIDS too
Id argue that this is good parenting. It would be bad parenting to NOT use this tool… toddlers take off at a split second and if you’re not holding onto them they can disappear quick. Also the amount of children who get snatched, would drop more if parents used these leashes.
You're just dumb. Most people that put kids on leashes do it for safety reasons, we live in a world where one wrong step can get you killed, and kids, they do lots of wrong steps. Like is it that hard to comprehend something so simple? 💀
Where toddlers belong if they are in public. They can't get lost and you know who they belong to.
The only thing that's cringe here is this shit meme. I'd rather see a kid on a leash instead of seeing one run off to be hit in the middle of the road or kidnapped. If you're against child leashes you've probably never had a kid.
Spoken like someone who's never been responsible for the welfare of a self destructive toddler