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Originally Posted by sapiens
Your story sounds apocryphal, but I suppose it could happen. It's a slippery slope with these kinds of tools. Maybe if we all had similar devices implanted, the government could find us if we were ever kidnapped or got lost down a well, or were in a cave-in at the old abandoned mine... I would never use one of these devices on my child, but I could see its use on toddlers and small children in an amusement park or a similar context.
The whole idea reminds me of the child leashes I see some kids wearing at the zoo, the mall, etc. I loath those things. Don't put your child on a leash, s/he is not a pet. If your child can't listen to directions and stay near you, maybe you should hold your child's hand.
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Excuse me, I take offense here. I can replace a pet. I can NOT replace my kids.
I had my kids on the wrist leashes because I had twins with me all the time. What if one had taken off? A two year old or three year old doesn't listen. Stand in a store and watch some mom with a loose kid. And when my kids were 4, they no longer needed those leashes, they knew they had to hold my hand or my clothes. Why didn't I use a stroller? Because my son by the age of 3 was too big-at two he was dragging his feet off it because he was so long and they'd get restless being in it.
So don't judge. My kids were safe, they had a small degree of independence and I wasn't frantically calling their names in a strange place. If that mother in England back in 1993 had her two year old son attached to her in this manner, he wouldn't have been snatched and killed in the instant it took for her to let go of his hand to pay a vendor. If that mother down the street from me had her child attached to her as she left the laundromat, he wouldn't have bolted and gotten killed under the wheels of a car.
Yea, pets. Tell that to those mothers. You think we grow extra arms after we give birth or something?