Quick question for parents of toddlers - would you use this?

[OverthinkingThinker]

Hi everyone,
I’m a parent of a very lively toddler & when I say lively, she runs the best part of 1km to nursery and back every day! No walking, just running! I now also have a newborn and on the days where I have both girls together I have so far been confined to the house out of fear of losing my toddler!

I spoke to my toddler’s key carer about it and she told me about the idea of drawing a heart on both my hand and my toddler’s and saying there’s an invisible magical string keeping us together. This got me thinking of a simple idea of a product that would let parents and toddlers stay connected in a way that feels safe, comfortable and with a magical element. Think more of a parent-and-child bracelet you’d actually want to wear, rather than reins or current wrist leashes on the market (which look awful and as if they’ve been put together by 3 year olds themselves!). So in essence, a more luxury option consisting of a bracelet band with two hearts and a cord that also glows up and keeping the security connection.

Before I take it any further, I’d really love some honest feedback from other parents:

• Would you find something like this useful?
• If you’ve used reins/wrist straps before, what did you like/dislike about them?

I’m just at the early “is this worth pursuing?” stage and would really appreciate your thoughts. Promise I’m not trying to sell anything here — just testing whether the idea resonates with other parents. AI image below as a rough idea.

Thanks so much! 💜

No sorry it's cute but I think reins are more practical

No

Backpack reins are great because they can put things in the backpack and are motivated to carry it.
I‘d be embarrassed to wear the item in your picture, sorry.
The magic thread story is usually to comfort your child when you aren’t there. I don’t think you can use a metaphor to restrain a bolter. It sounds like you need reins to keep your child safe and there’s no shame in that.

We had an animal rucksack dd loved with a strap on it.

I just used reins - with a little backpack - until mine we’re older. Then we transitioned to always holding hands when in places I knew I couldn’t trust sensible behavior.
Sometimes this running thing is sensory - it was for my child. Overwhelmed by their surroundings.

I love the idea, but unless it can practically restrain a toddler like reins I don’t think I’d spend money on it. Safety first sadly x

Maybe I’m being stupid but how does the drawing of a heart and telling your toddler about a string stop them running off? Isn’t the idea of that more about helping them with separation eg they can look at the heart and know mummy has one too?

I never used reins or wrist straps, but if I did, I’d go for cheap and cheerful rather than feeling like it was the kind of thing I wanted to go for the more luxury version of.

No. Gimmicky, slightly tacky looking and my toddlers would both have hated it.

The heart and invisible string story are to help with separation anxiety - even when I'm not with them, we're always connected.

I haven't used reins but can't imagine I'd be fussed about the aesthetic of them. I'd also worry that if they bolted while wearing something like your image that it could hurt their wrist.

That’s horrible and a broken or strained wrist in the making.