What’s your opinion on young children with a leash in public?

[mb120101]

I just saw a toddler wearing a harness with the mom holding a leash walking past my house.

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[DryGermanGuy]

I think that's a horrible idea. It's the first chapter in American helicopter-style parenting, which turns children into dependent, indecisive, helpless young adults. It's not that Europeans parents are completely immune to helicoptering, but I have yet to see a child on a leash!

[Astarlessnightsky]

It may look cruel, but its really effective and the parent can feel safe having her kid secured, espacially in crowded places or close to dangerous places like rivers, streets...

[Apple1996]

Safer than the kid running away. I leash my kids sometimes if we are out in public or taking a walk

[LazerBean]

It's better than the kid running into the road or getting snatched.

[RebelinSteel]

Nothing that’s fairly normal, traffic and fuckwits are a real risk

[In_Trance]

I think the majority of adults should be on leashes too

[avery58]

It's stupid... Just hold their hand

[sirderpsalot123]

It's safer for the kid