Leashes are a common household item. The thing that concerns me is that I see more and more people using them incorrectly. This seems to be a little nonsensical…since a leash is really just a long string that you attach to something to keep it close by. How could someone get that wrong?
Before I really dive into things, there are things that you need to know.
This is an example of a human child. (And before anyone gets mad for me using a picture of their kid, I searched Google for “child” and this was the first picture I got…so fair game.)
Human children are fairly easy to differentiate from other animate objects. If you’re reading this, you’re (probably) human. Go look in the mirror. Take what you see, and miniturize it. That is what a human child looks like. Like most species, human children come in different sizes and shapes, but the basic overall anatomical structure is the same. Anything that does not resemble this is not a human child. Caution – primates have similar mannerisms and overall anatomical structure. Do not let this confuse you.
There are several reasons to use leashes. Leashes are generally used with living beings to keep them within a certain radius, generally for safety reasons. As a dog owner, the reason I use a leash is because my dog doesn’t speak English, and as much as I’ve tried to explain to her that chasing a squirrel across the street or running away from thunder could be very dangerous to her, she just can’t seem to wrap her head around this and does it anyways. Trying walk with her and hold onto some part of her would also prove to be difficult – what would I grab? Her ear? So to make my life easier, I put a leash on her to keep her within a maximum 6 foot radius of me so that she doesn’t get hit by cars or eaten by coyotes or something like that.
I don’t know about other people’s children, but for the most part, children have the ability to walk on their hind legs, understand their parents, and hold hands. There’s this new fad around putting children in leashes. I fail to understand the logic behind this. If my dog understood English and I could hold onto her some way, I wouldn’t have her on a leash.
A child is your flesh and blood, or you chose to adopt it. It doesn’t have cooties, it’s not going to attack you (well…I hope). So why is your child on a leash? The only time that I might give the okay for a leash on a child is if you have more kids than hands. If you have 2 hands, you have 2 places to attach children to. If your hands are full with groceries or something…fair enough. But when I see two able-bodied parents just walking down the street with one kid on a leash…I don’t get it.
Leashes are for animals, not humans.
Correct.
Incorrect.
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