Do some people think of their actual human children as pets?

[RPM]

it sure seems like it sometimes...
http://harness.coolfreepages.com/Leash+Child/wristrein.jpg

[gollygee]

1. Or maybe they just want to keep their kids safe.

Just a thought.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. I wish more people would

Funny we keep better trackof our dogs than our kids

[Mutley]

3. My sister had to leash my neice

when she was little. She would be gone if you turned away from her for half a second!

[Wcross]

10. Mom tied me up to a clothes rack one summer.....

I had taken a little adventure tour of the area with my neighborhood buddies one day back in 1968 (five years old). So what if we were a little late for dinner mom? We got home by dark!

[Midlodemocrat]

4. I used those things.

and don't apologize for it. We took my two eldest to Disney when they were 2 & 4 and when they weren't in the stroller, they were on a lead like that. Would have gone crazy without them.

Any steps to keep a child safe are fine by me.

[Karenina]

8. I also used one on my oldest

and will not tolerate anyone second-guessing that decision. It was a useful tool to train him that it was IMPORTANT that I knew where he was when we were out and about. Once he figured out that "big boys" had a communication responsibility, it was no longer necessary.

[arcane1]

5. no, but my cat often thinks of me as a child

:silly:

[Kraklen]

6. Yes.

And as social trophies.

[RPM]

11. wow, trophy children?

i had only recently learned of "trophy wives"...

:puke:

[Kraklen]

12. You've only recently learned of "trophy wives?"

Really?

I've noticed that recently with Paris Hilton's popularity that people are using small dogs as fasion statements. I guess it's only logical that people use kids as trophies.

[MissB]

7. Nice copycat!

:applause:

[RPM]

9. thanks...

:toast:

[TrogL]

13. I've got leash for my partner

...and a hood and handcuffs and a ball gag and...