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While out and about in Ohio, this friend saw the monkey backpacks and quickly pulled out his camera to document the incident. Isn't the girl in the pink sweatshirt a little too old for one of these?
I don't think this child is in any real threat or of any threat to this environment.
i think it is okay to put a restraint on the childs hand but not around his neck or body this is a little cruel
ReplyDeleteI have the monkey backpack/harness/leash for my 14-month old. But he has no idea of boundaries or such yet (trying to teach that). However, he also rarely wears it. We only use it when there are a lot of strangers about (for example, when we visit the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha).
ReplyDeleteCertainly don't use it in the grocery store. And he definitely won't be using for too long. The kids in the last two pictures are far too old for this.
My thoughts on it, as a parent who actually has one of these, is that it is nice for areas where there are a lot of people that you don't know AND where your surroundings can easily be distracting. I view it as acceptable for toddlers who have just learned to walk and no longer tolerate strollers for very long.
However, it is a tool for helping to teach your child boundaries and to add a layer of protection in certain circumstances. Not an excuse for being lazy.
Well don't be too judgemental.
ReplyDeleteThe older girl could be ADHD or a wanderer. It is sometimes too easier to have both children wear a harness especially in crowds.
How do you not know if this child is autistic or something to that extent where the child has no real awareness of the potential dangers of wandering off with no way of telling someone who their primary care provider is in order to be found?! Just because the child doesn’t look like a threat or their environment doesn’t look like a threat, does not mean there are not people out there preying on parents that have their hands full and take advantage of those moments to snatch up a child. As a mom of 6, and more little children than I have hands, (one which is a runner and has no fear with very limited vocabulary skills for his age) I can definitely see why it’s best to be safer than sorry! So please don’t be so quick to judge just based on what you see! You’re one person and what works for you may not work for the next mom or any other mom out there so don’t be so quick to base judgement upon other based on seeing someone out in public for 15 seconds of their life unless you know their situation. And even then, it’s not ok to say something because it’s honestly none of your business how others choose to raise their own! Choose to try and understand something you see rather than casting judgement. I say props to the moms in these pics!! At least they won’t be the ones on tonight’s news because someone took their child or their child got lost! It’s not easy being a mom of even one child, but if a child harness can give you a little bit of piece of mind while being out in this crazy busy world running errands or attending an event with your children and keeping track of your most priceless ‘possessions’ then I say go for it!!
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