Many are the times when I get bullied by strangers, “You know, that’s a child not a dog!” when they see the hold tied around my child and when their statement fail to elicit any response from me, they’d go ahead with their business. But the truth is, I didn’t just decide to get a leash for my child, he was breaking off and running away, after a fatal incident almost led to his death I got him a leash.
When he was about a year plus, we were at the mall shopping, one minute he was playing right beside me, the next he was gone and about to stick his fingers into the mouth of a giant dog, you can imagine the terror in my voice as I screamed his name, he burst into tears and the owner of the dog quickly whisked it away.
That’s just one of the many scary incidents that happened before I decided to get my child a leash. So when I hear people ask if “that’s a dog or a child” while pointing to my child, all I want to do is shut them up.
My kids have a problem controlling their impulse, immediately they see something, anything that catch their interest they’ll pick race and tear after it. If I carry them, they just want to walk, and when we are walking, they have a problem with holding hands, if I lose concentration for just a minute, they are gone! And it’s scary!
I can’t remember the number of times I’ve had to tear after my toddler when they picked race and I, scared that any mishap should happen to them like being hit by a car would immediately run after them.
Ever had to fight your way out of a large crowd of people with two kids in tow without anyone to help? I have, and I’d rather have a rope around my child’s neck than have to look for a lost kid or have a child stamped to death.
These little ones are freaking fast, God knows where they get that kind of speed and until they start getting impulse control they’ll continue trying to give their parents cardiac arrest. They are stubborn, rebellious, determined little ones who will do exactly what they wish, damning the consequences.
But having a leash on my children means they can’t get away from me, and the good thing is, I don’t drag my kids around with it. A leash is a godsend for toddlers who can’t be trusted to hold hand and not run off, the leash even gives the kid an opportunity to roam a little which holding my hand wouldn’t allow.
When a parent loses her guard for a minute and her toddler run away and gets hit by a car people’ll go gaga, the same people will be pissed off when they see your child is leashed.
See it’s a win, win, I can’t please everyone so I won’t try. I’ll do anything that’s needed to keep my kids safe, meanwhile you do the same and keep off my business.
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