It's time to play: Sensitive or Insensitive?

[GraceAbounds]

To clarify more on my previous post:

All of my kids are well behaved (say yes ma'm and no ma'm, straight A's, helpful, courteous, etc.). Even though my kids stay with me when shopping, they may want to look at something 10 feet away from me. This is not a long distance and is acceptable, but in a crowded store/area people can get in between you and your child even in that short of a distance. I've used the harnesses approx. 3 times because I felt there was a heightened need of awareness in the environments (Sporting event & Christmas shopping) that I used them in for the children's own safety. It keeps people from walking between you and your child. My kids were in between 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 when I use them, an age where communication is still largely developing.

My point is that not all parents that choose to use a harness with their child are lazy parents that have disobedient, unruly kids. Many parents that have used them are very conscientious parents with well behaved children that they simply just don't want anything happening to their kids if they can in anyway prevent it ... like me.

 

[Peter Parka]

I'd rather see little children on leashes than their brains splattered all over the road where the've been run over because they ran out there.

 

[CRZY72004]

I live on the southside of town gun fire is a norm about a month or two I was playing kickball with my son and the ball went into the street now mind you the ball is bright orange and the street is black this car didn't even stop ran over my son's ball and keep going I got pissed off and started yelling about to night's later the rear window of my car was shot out dont know if it was the same person or not but my son does not play in the front yard anymore

 

[GraceAbounds]

I live on the southside of town gun fire is a norm about a month or two I was playing kickball with my son and the ball went into the street now mind you the ball is bright orange and the street is black this car didn't even stop ran over my son's ball and keep going I got pissed off and started yelling about to night's later the rear window of my car was shot out dont know if it was the same person or not but my son does not play in the front yard anymore

And this is an example of how some things are changing for the worse.

I'm sorry to hear that Crazy. That sucks.

 

[Sneakiecat]

To clarify more on my previous post:

All of my kids are well behaved (say yes ma'm and no ma'm, straight A's, helpful, courteous, etc.). Even though my kids stay with me when shopping, they may want to look at something 10 feet away from me. This is not a long distance and is acceptable, but in a crowded store/area people can get in between you and your child even in that short of a distance. I've used the harnesses approx. 3 times because I felt there was a heightened need of awareness in the environments (Sporting event & Christmas shopping) that I used them in for the children's own safety. It keeps people from walking between you and your child. My kids were in between 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 when I use them, an age where communication is still largely developing.

My point is that not all parents that choose to use a harness with their child are lazy parents that have disobedient, unruly kids. Many parents that have used them are very conscientious parents with well behaved children that they simply just don't want anything happening to their kids if they can in anyway prevent it ... like me.

I'm 16 month older than my sister and she's 18 months older than my brother, plus my other brother who's five years older than me. I can't really blame her for trying to keep us all together. If I remember correctly, she used them in situations like Grace said.

 

[Ria]

To clarify more on my previous post:

All of my kids are well behaved (say yes ma'm and no ma'm, straight A's, helpful, courteous, etc.). Even though my kids stay with me when shopping, they may want to look at something 10 feet away from me. This is not a long distance and is acceptable, but in a crowded store/area people can get in between you and your child even in that short of a distance. I've used the harnesses approx. 3 times because I felt there was a heightened need of awareness in the environments (Sporting event & Christmas shopping) that I used them in for the children's own safety. It keeps people from walking between you and your child. My kids were in between 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 when I use them, an age where communication is still largely developing.

My point is that not all parents that choose to use a harness with their child are lazy parents that have disobedient, unruly kids. Many parents that have used them are very conscientious parents with well behaved children that they simply just don't want anything happening to their kids if they can in anyway prevent it ... like me.

Yeah, this was the case with my son. He was good as gold, well behaved. Was just a safety measure, cos when they are up to about 4 sometimes 5yrs depending, they don't understand "Stay there, don't go off", while am going to my purse to get money out. Those times you have to let go, cld be the time they see something that catches their eyes and they go to look as they are more curious in those tiny yrs.

It's a personal choice and level of worrying I think. The harness was only used to hold the strap so as to know he was always next to me and safe. It was never used to pull him back or anything. Never needed to anyway. If I had to grab him quickly, I picked him up.