And hand holding, a child will be closer at the end of you arm than at the end of a couple of feet of nylon.
Yeah but like I say you can’t do this the entire time.
Sometimes you simply cannot get through to Lil Grips. You explain patiently but if she thinks she’s done something wrong she doesn’t deal with it well and shuts down, becoming completely unresponsive to anything you say.
Fortunately she doesn’t just bolt very often although she sometimes does and we have so far managed to just run after her.
She’s 24 months by the way.
I’m not keen, but we are still mostly using a buggy so running in different directions not yet a problem..
Interesting. At 12 months she was walking as often as possible, and by 18 months she wanted to be walking all the time and would object to the pushchair unless she was tired. Because she wants to wander off and do her own thing a lot. We only use the pushchair when the situation demands it, ie we are in a hurry and can’t afford the time for her to wander.
Not judging, just saying all kids are different.
I know that if I had them on reigns I’d be a bit lazy about enforcing the rules about holding hands and staying off the road, so I think the lazy parent comment stands
You know, you sometimes need to walk in someone else’s shoes. You explain to your kids about staying still and cars and stuff, and they listen. As does our kid. However some kids simply do not. So you can say what you like, you give them the best talk ever but if they refuse to listen then you’re wasting your breath.
I promise you it is not (necessarily) laziness. Just because you had good results with your kids does NOT mean that it is therefore perfectly possible with everyone.
So less of the judging please. You do not know enough to judge. 2 kids is not a big enough sample size.
Re rucksacks – they are lovely, we have them, but reins seem preferable – after all the kid still gets exercise and can be in charge of themselves, just not run off under cars.