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Originally posted by lurkette
Oh, come on. If someone puts a kid in a playpen, do you object because it's like a kennel? Or if they let them play in those little tunnel things, do you object because it's too much like a hamster run? Are sandboxes too much like litterboxes? I think everyone blows this all out of proportion, and there's no "animalizing" of the kid just because they have a tether on. Again, it's the adults who make that connection and not the kids. If the options are let the kid run free or have a grip on their hand all the time, the first is undesirable and the second, once they hit a certain age, is impractical. I see no good reason not to use a tether if the parent is otherwise attentive and the kid is well-behaved.
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I wouldn't/won't use a playpen when/if I ever have kids. I was never put in one when I was a kid, and that's because my mother wasn't lazy. She spent the time it took to teach me and my sister how to behave. She didn't just lock us up or strap us into a leash because she couldn't control us. I'll also add that I was never hit as a child. My mom always taught me and my sister the difference between right and wrong and we both understood those differences at young ages, and the reason we understood it was because we were never treated like children or animals! We were always treated just like any other
adult.
I'll object to the sandbox thing if the child starts to shit in it.
Then I would blame that on a lazy ass parent, once again, who isn't spending enough quality time with their children.
I disagree that it's adults making the leashes=animal connection. She said that her child was acting like a dog in public.
I have a serious problem with that. Try and tell me that her child didn't make the animal connection to having a leash on her. I can assure you that I never acted like that in public when I was a kid. People always told my parents that they couldn't believe how well mannered me and my sister were when we were young..... And my mom didn't need a leash or a playpen to accomplish that.