Have you ever heard the phrase "tied to the apron strings?" Kids were kept, functionally, on leashes for generation upon generation. This isn't some new, crazy, "nanny state" phenomenon.
And I'd think that being able to go outside, holding onto a lead rope, gives the kids a lot more freedom than being kept indoors in a confined area would. It's not constraining, or overprotective, or paranoid; it's a way to give the kids a measure of freedom, mobility, and diversity of experience that they otherwise wouldn't have.
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Date: 2012-08-23 01:09 am (UTC)And I'd think that being able to go outside, holding onto a lead rope, gives the kids a lot more freedom than being kept indoors in a confined area would. It's not constraining, or overprotective, or paranoid; it's a way to give the kids a measure of freedom, mobility, and diversity of experience that they otherwise wouldn't have.