I want to know what psychologists say about this
this post was submitted on 22 May 2025
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Been a long time, but back in the 90s/early 00s, I saw tons of parents with their kids on leashes at amusement parks... It always made me lol at the absurdity, but it was relatively prominent.
I was a leash kid in the early 90s. I do not feel dehumanized knowing that was the case, like some of these childless reactionaries in the comments are claiming.
I laughed too, until I raised a toddler with ADHD. He wasn't diagnosed yet, but lord was it obvious he had the markers. Never leashed him, but definitely ran after him a lot, and had to keep a hyperfocused eye on him at all times.
I don't laugh as hard now, I still giggle, but just not as hard
If I had a kid they'd 100% be on a leash in public to an uncomfortable age.
In reality I'd probably just shove an ipad in front of their face and call it a day, like the rest of my peers.
"Dad.....I'm 22....."
"And you're still not to be trusted!"
As a former 22 year old, I should have absolutely been on a leash
People like pets. Nobody likes children.
This one guy always hanged at our playground and really did seem to like children. Always had candy on the back of his van as well.
I like them when they hit age 10-11 or so and their logic circuits start to kick in.
But when they're really young you can do things like convince them that trees walk and that's why trees in cities are in those little cages or pens. (They do actually use their roots to pull themselves around a bit, but it takes a very long time for the amount of movement to be noticeable.)
I did use my powers for evil once and convinced the neighbor kid that string cheese came from cheese trees.
That depends. If its a choke chain then either group is abusive. One morning I witnessed some asshole who had a steel cable around a two or three year old kids neck as a choke chain. Later I found out the kid was autistic. This was found out after they kid was taken from his parents and was tested.