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[–]jet199 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

This was normal when I was growing up.

Then one day the plastic rein snapped and a kid ran straight under a car.

So they fell out of fashion.

Still normal in China (boys only).

[–]weavilsatemyface 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This was normal when I was growing up.

Nah man, it was never normal. It was always a sign of an overly fearful society and the beginnings of the cult of safetyism.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There was a father here who took his young daughter into the men's restroom. You never know who can snatch your kid.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Then she sends her to public school to be groomed by pedophiles.

[–]weavilsatemyface 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There are only two ages when kids should be kept on leashes:

  • Toddlers, and then only in places where they could waddle off and get hurt, like next to busy roads. Not inside a supermarket.
  • Barely legal hot chicks. (I suppose hot dudes as well if that turns you on.)