Kids on Chains

[shakes20]

Ok folks here is somthing that absolutely bothers me. And this always happens to me in the mall when i am walking. One of my clients told me this Todd..They were in Magic Kingdom by Small World when a kid on those chains ran in front Todd and he trip and the kid fell cut his leg and elbows up and the parents yelled at Todd and got Security. Everything worked out fine but people please. If you cant control your kid and need a chain you have to put them in a stroller.

Comments like this make me so mad! Let me explain a few things to you... Leashes (not chains!) are very often neccesary. First of all, not all children want to stay confined in a stroller all day- they want to get out and run. Second, children know how to unbuckle themselves from a stroller (this happened to me). Third, leashes aren't just for lazy parents (i.e. I have four children, I can not keep an eye on all of them at once). Fourth, not all dissabilities are visible- you don't know what that parent might be dealing with, so until you've walked a mile in thier shoes, keep you comments to yourself.

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[AliciaLuvzDizne]

lets also not forget that not everyone in a place like wdw is there with good intentions...the leashes could prevent someone else from walking away with your kid

 

[Buzzforprez]

Oh faithful readers of WDWM posts, please learn from our misakes. We used to...leash our little boy, and now nothing seems to go right in our home. We first started to notice him scratching himself with his feet. Next there was the matter of hair falling out all over the house and begging at the dinner table for scraps. But we really lost it when he started lifting up his leg and going on the couch. :lol:

THERE SHOULD BE LEASH LAWS!!! If you are that concerned of losing your kid, keep an eye on him/her.

Say hi to Mickey Johnny... Bark, Bark, Bark.

 

[mathmagic]

If you are that concerned of losing your kid, keep an eye on him/her.

Clearly, you do not have children of your own. Before you judge, why don't you try taking a couple of little kids to a toy store and see how you do? Then get back to us.

 

[mrtoad]

Oh faithful readers of WDWM posts, please learn from our misakes. We used to...leash our little boy, and now nothing seems to go right in our home. We first started to notice him scratching himself with his feet. Next there was the matter of hair falling out all over the house and begging at the dinner table for scraps. But we really lost it when he started lifting up his leg and going on the couch. :lol:

THERE SHOULD BE LEASH LAWS!!! If you are that concerned of losing your kid, keep an eye on him/her.

Say hi to Mickey Johnny... Bark, Bark, Bark.

No offense (and if you are offended, good), but that is about the most moronic thing I think I have seen somebody type on these boards.

I could think of many things to say but for some reason A HOLE is all I can come up with.

 

[DDuckFan130]

If you are that concerned of losing your kid, keep an eye on him/her.

That was really not necessary, nor was it funny Like mathmagic said, come back to us when you have accomplished that feat!

I have always thought that if I ever did decide to use a "leash" it wouldn't be the kind that the kid wears as a harness but rather the kind where the kid and the parent each have a loop around one wrist. That way, you can't be too sure who is dragging whom around!

I agree mathmagic. Those are the ones my parents used to use with me when I was little. In a sense, we were both on a leash together, don't you think :lol:?

 

[Tim G]

I was kinda used to this as a child. . . don't know exactly why I was chained, though: See for yourself

Sorry Grizz...
I REALLY HATE that picture ... Because I LOVE bears...
We donate every month to the WWF to stop these mishaps with animals such as bears...

 

[General Grizz]

Sorry Grizz...
I REALLY HATE that picture ... Because I LOVE bears...
We donate every month to the WWF to stop these mishaps with animals such as bears...

My apologies, Corrus.

I love bears, too. . . but I surely hope this one was not harmed.

 

[Kadee]

Im sorry but a leash just goes to show that parents have no control over their kids

I've had to erase what I have written here several times. I am normally VERY nice on these boards BUT.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have some nerve! And not a lot of sense, apparently. Those leashes are one of the things that keep kids from running off and getting hurt or kidnapped. """Put them in a stroller""" most of you say.....then most of you are the ones complaining about the screaming kids!!! I hated those leashes until the day my daughter took her first step. I would guess you do not have children, but if you do, if feel sorry for them.

Let the negative points fly!!!! I don't care!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mompueitemtnod]

If you cannot control your children without tying them up, you obviously have more children than you can handle. If your child is reared well, you wouldn't need to restrain them with leashes - children need to be taught how to behave in public, and parents need to learn how not to treat children as common housepets but as human beings.

 

[Kadee]

If you cannot control your children without tying them up, you obviously have more children than you can handle. If your child is reared well, you wouldn't need to restrain them with leashes - children need to be taught how to behave in public, and parents need to learn how not to treat children as common housepets but as human beings.

I'd like to see YOU teach a 2, 3 or 4 year old to stay right beside you when they see Mickey Mouse! I would NEVER have the gaul to tell someone how to raise their children.

Just a bit of advice...this is NOT the way to start off on these boards. Most everyone around here is very nice and considerate. (Including me when someone isn't being rude and judgmental) You wouldn't want to get a bad rep.

 

[Yellow Shoes]

If you cannot control your children without tying them up, you obviously have more children than you can handle. If your child is reared well, you wouldn't need to restrain them with leashes - children need to be taught how to behave in public, and parents need to learn how not to treat children as common housepets but as human beings.

...spoken like a true blue childless person.


"Tying them up" is what parents do when they put kids in car seats, when they fasten the seatbelt on the stroller or highchair, or put them in the playpen when Dad is using power tools.

I don't think anyone (well..anyone with kids) would call this abusive.

 

[Kopp8699]

Just a bit of advice...this is NOT the way to start off on these boards. Most everyone around here is very nice and considerate. (Including me when someone isn't being rude and judgmental) You wouldn't want to get a bad rep.

Not to be rude, but that's quite mean... I know mompueitemtnod is new here, but to basically warn/threaten them like that? I don't believe it was necessary. I don't believe the statement was directed at you either, just their oppinion being voiced. I do agree with you that you are nice when people are not judgemental but it just struck me as a little harsh... If I inturpreted it wrong, I'm sorry. With that said, I will comment on the leashes comment.

I don't believe in leashes, and neither does my whole family who have young children. I was a child and was going to Walt Disney World since I was two, and my parents never had to put me on a leash and I never got lost or taken or anything. I hope that this never happens to any parents and future parents but I personally believe IMO that leashes are not necessary... I believe that children have to be taught how to behave and not to leave their families regardless of what is around, and that the family should always be watching out for eachother and remain close. I know some of you have read my views dealing with leashes before and have not agreed with me. I am entitled to my oppinion and so is everyone else. Sorry if I offended anyone. :wave:

 

[CheshireCatStar]

mompueitemtnod

Hmmm... let's see how clever this little one is:
Backwards:
dont me tie up mom


A. Shouldn't it be Don't tie me up mom? Learn english.

B. *cough*TROLL*cough*

 

[Woody13]

Leashes work well for many children. A good birching, when appropriate, is worthwhile too.

 

[mrtoad]

If you cannot control your children without tying them up, you obviously have more children than you can handle. If your child is reared well, you wouldn't need to restrain them with leashes - children need to be taught how to behave in public, and parents need to learn how not to treat children as common housepets but as human beings.

See the post I left for BuzzforPrez and just put your name on it too.

 

[mrtoad]

Not to be rude, but that's quite mean... I know mompueitemtnod is new here, but to basically warn/threaten them like that? I don't believe it was necessary. I don't believe the statement was directed at you either, just their oppinion being voiced. I do agree with you that you are nice when people are not judgemental but it just struck me as a little harsh... If I inturpreted it wrong, I'm sorry. With that said, I will comment on the leashes comment.

I don't believe in leashes, and neither does my whole family who have young children. I was a child and was going to Walt Disney World since I was two, and my parents never had to put me on a leash and I never got lost or taken or anything. I hope that this never happens to any parents and future parents but I personally believe IMO that leashes are not necessary... I believe that children have to be taught how to behave and not to leave their families regardless of what is around, and that the family should always be watching out for eachother and remain close. I know some of you have read my views dealing with leashes before and have not agreed with me. I am entitled to my oppinion and so is everyone else. Sorry if I offended anyone. :wave:

Kadee was in the right, go back to read the post by that person.

 

[DDuckFan130]

Kadee was in the right, Kopp. Her post was in no means a threat. That post by mom... was pretty ignorant and had his/her choice of words been different, it would not be a big deal. You can disagree with us if you want, but if you're going to be a jerk about it, you're going to be treated like one.

And I will continue to stand by my defense on leashes.

Like I said before, you can be a bad parent WITH or WITHOUT the leash. It's how you choose to use the leash that can make you or break you as a parent. You can be just as bad a parent with a stroller or a car seat or a crib.

 

[FutureCEO]

Not to be rude, but that's quite mean... I know mompueitemtnod is new here, but to basically warn/threaten them like that? I don't believe it was necessary. I don't believe the statement was directed at you either, just their oppinion being voiced.

I don't believe in leashes, and neither does my whole family who have young children. I was a child and was going to Walt Disney World since I was two, and my parents never had to put me on a leash and I never got lost or taken or anything. I believe that children have to be taught how to behave and not to leave their families regardless of what is around, and that the family should always be watching out for eachother and remain close. Sorry if I offended anyone. :wave:

BINGO. Your last paragraph hit the nail on the head but you cann't say anything nowadays that doesn't offend anyone. Granted Im no parent but I work at BJ's with screaming, running, kicking, shoving, etc kids. And I see their parents. And a lot of it had to do with the parents.

 

[Kopp8699]

the quote by mompueitemtnod was:

"If you cannot control your children without tying them up, you obviously have more children than you can handle. If your child is reared well, you wouldn't need to restrain them with leashes - children need to be taught how to behave in public, and parents need to learn how not to treat children as common housepets but as human beings."

I don't see how it's directed towards Kadee at all, and I agree people have differences of oppinion, but saying "You wouldn't want to get a bad rep." sounds like a mean remark and almost threatening to me. Granted the statement was ignorantly written, but I don't believe it was directed at anyone. I am not defending the statement, I did not say I defended it in my original post, I am saying that it sounds mean the way Kadee responded to it, which is what I said in the previous post.

as DDuckFan130 said:

"You can disagree with us if you want, but if you're going to be a jerk about it, you're going to be treated like one."

If that is pointed towards me, I would like to know how I am a jerk, because I don't think my actions were wrong really. I know people have different views and I respect that but the fact of me being a jerk I am not understanding. I stated my oppinion and I didn't agree with someone going right back at someone else, especially someone new.