Last night I saw a child leading his parent - typical right? They were connected with a strange appliance I thought only used for carbon based life forms without the ability to reason (animals). It was leash!
Of course this is not the first time I have seen this, but last night just rekindled a dormant thought…why are humans so lazy?! What the hell are you so busy doing that you cannot watch your child and give them attention required to manage them?
You mean to tell me, that at 150-250lbs, 3-4 feet taller, with years of experience, and you still cannot manage a 2 year old? Grant it, I am not a parent and am partially speaking out of naivety however, putting a child on a leash to me says a lot about the so called parent at the other end of it. Children are NOT animals, they DO use cognitive reasoning and they ARE teachable.
From a physical perspective I will entertain the validity that a child having to be pulled by a taller parent by the arm MAY be uncomfortable for the child. I say welcome to real life kid!
From a cultural perspective I find it interesting that in all of my personal observations, pictures and videos on the net, I have never seen an ethnic family (Asian, Indian, Hispanic, African American) have their child on a leash; only Caucasians. Its obvious that culturally, children are handled differently, but I wonder why in this case a white parent would by a leash for a management tool opposed to an ethnic parent using another management tool or whoop that ass for management.....hmmm
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Interesting point D. I've never thought about this from an ethnic stand point. My son is 4 and I have never owned a leash for him. But I do understand why some parents chose to use one. If I ever did have a need for one, it wouldn't be because I can't control my child, but rather for my child's safety. When I took my son to the Pacer game, I thought it might be a good idea to use a leash so that way, even if our hands got seperated, no one could just pick him up and walk off with him. In huge crowds one of my biggest fears is for someone to take off with my child.
ReplyDelete@ Satch, so a question for you: If you were in a large crowd, why not pick him up and carry him? - just asking to learn...
ReplyDeleteBecause he is 4 feet tall, and I am 4'10. I have 10 inches on my son and I have 30 years on him. I can pick him up, but only for so long. And it is much harder when you are single parenting. I mean, if I was with another adult, it would be easier. But imagine me, trying to carry someone 10 inches shorter than me along with my purse and anything else that I might have.
ReplyDeleteumm, wow to the video...
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