Does anyone on here actually think that reins on children are the work of the devil?

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If so, why? I'm genuinely curious.

Also, so far as I know there hasn't been a bunfight about this yet, so potentially a good Friday topic

I had one good one and one runner the reins were a godsend for the runner and also very useful to slide her around quick save floor when she refused to move!

I think perhaps a bit attached to the reins would be stepping into the devil s territory

I still use them with DS1 - he 7, has ASD and is a runner. He's been getting a bit shirty about them, lately, but he won't hold hands, either and as soon as I let go, he's off - and there's a road to cross every 100 yards on our walk to school. He got away, the other day, when he was in a flighty mood and I struggled to catch him before we got to a road with a blind bend - he's not a 3' toddler, he's a gangly 4' boy and I'm a middle aged arthritic mum who isn't supposed to run!

Whenever I see reins, I have a heartfelt wave of total sympathy for the parents.

If you have a child who just does stuff, you know, like listen and take it in and decide that what you said makes sense and they will probably go along with you for a few minutes at least - my god, count your blessings.

I had a toddler who couldn't do the above for whatever reason. I wasn't a different parent or a lazy parent or an impatient parent. For a few months back when, we kept ds on a leash and it was great

There are many dead children now who would be alive today if they had been in reins.

Fanjo - we could start a new sport, racing our harnessed kids :o

A lot of the local still use a pony and trap as their main means of transport. Maybe I could get a neighbour to rig something up:o

I think that they are blooming marvellous. I was a teen when James Bulger was murdered and vowed if I had kids they would wear reins. Better to look like a dog I think than be dead!

No, I think they are brilliant! and intend to use them. Once they are mobile they are safer, they have the freedom of not being in a pram yet can be kept close to you at the same time. I've often thought to myself what a good invention they are!. My friends who have small children have them too, only one doesn't as the child is sadly disabled and can't walk just yet but, like me (I have a disability) is a little trier and is getting there . But yes, support reins fully!.

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I think that reins are essential for young children for their safety in busy towns, and have no time for people who criticize mums and dads who feel happier that their children are safely away from traffic and other dangers. They also protect children when they are very young from frequent falling. I just wish more parents would use them, and that you could more easily buy reins with metal rather than plastic fittings, although there is at least one company that retains metal clips. Advice to all new and not so new mums and dads - use reins with confidence...and don't worry about what others might or might not think. It's better to keep a young one safe, than to lose them in a tragedy.

It's better for children to walk on reins or a leash for exercise and to wear themselves out. Tired children with bedtime routines sleep better. In the States, fat children of six or seven ride through hypermarkets in shopping carts, playing on phones and pointing languidly at the snack foods they want.

I used them with my 18 month DD when her sister was born and in a buggy during a visit to London one day.It was a teddy backpack thing-very cute.A women said to her child "Look at that poor baby on her lead!" As she walked past us.Think it's funny now but at the time I was mortified.Obviously not the done thing in Islington

Yes yes yes to them - I always think of your DS MrsPresley and my heart goes out to you. I told your story to my dh when he queried why our DS needed reins and now he puts them on him all the time. We have the little life backpack and DS likes to clip it on himself. I don't restrain him unless he bolts, so he just walks at his own pace. But it's a great tool if he stumbles or if he decides to run. Our neighbourhood is very busy and pavements are narrow so it wouldn't be long before a toddler who bolts would be in the road.

In shopping centres I use them because he's so fast! Split second and he's off. If I'm even slightly distracted or trying to do something I could be too late to catch him.

He also runs and runs and doesn't look back. It's scary.

Headinthedraw people can be so rude. My DS was in a hip abductor brace when he was little. People thought nothing of staring and commenting on it 'poor baby'. It made me feel rubbish.

When DS2 was 2 years old we went on holiday to Venice we of course used reins given the proximity of all those canals!
we (as a family) were pointed at in horror because of our "Kinder" obviously other European children are better behaved and more biddable than English children and to be fair I didn't see any toddlers floating face down in any of the canals, it wasn't a chance I was willing to take!

They keep kids safe.

Id rather some stranger on the internet made sarcastic comments than have a dead child who's been hit by a car.

I know that's blunt but it's how I feel about it.

An essential here, with a very short strap wound round my wrist as he holds my hand, countless times they have saved my boy from a bashed-head-on-the-pavement injury when hes had a drop seizure, focal or full on tonic clonic. We are only just stopping using them now, at 4 1/2, as thanks to a mixture of meds and a few dosage tweaks, he is mainly seizure free

Reins are better on zombies!

They have kept my 11 year old with severe learning difficulties safe since he was a toddler. They are great things.

I never used them with ds because he was like velcro, and tbh i always thought they looked awful. Totally changed my tune when i had DD, she was a runner and we basically had to have eyes up our arse to keep track of her so they became a must have.
MrsPresley so sorry for your loss x

Wow, my thread has come back from the dead! And at Eater too, how apt.

*Easter.

I had 2 runners, at the same time in different directions, reins were a must

I don't get why people compare them to dog leads, it's not like they go round the neck.

Ha ha Jesus what an appropriate username then!
Only realised it was a Zombie thread when I saw a comment I had originally posted.