In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:00:08 -0400, jmcquown wrote:

> > early 1980s (after the Adam Walsh abduction/murder) seeing parents with
> > "leashes" on their young children. Mostly toddlers. Given the very real
> > fear about children being snatched by unscrupulous people from large
> > department stores, I thought it a quite sensible idea rather than some form
> > of cruel and unusual punishment.
> >
> > Jill
>
> that's like wearing a raincoat, galoshes, and carrying an umbrella 24/7
> because it rained once or twice last year. the fear might have been real,
> but it was in no way sensible.

To be honest, we never had one of those leashes, but they looked like a
good idea. Very young kids just have no clue. You can't tell them not
to run out on the street, or down the stairs at full speed, not to
mention losing them if one goes one way and the other goes the other way.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

"Dan Abel = Duplicitous NetKKKop [WAS: DK StinKin' MOTHER****ER]"
(subject of post on rec.food.cooking dated April 15, 2009}