Abuse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtMRddAIHx0

This woman was done for child abuse.

Edited by bexandantz

whats he being dragged with....?

i once dragged gabriel thru the mall... he had run away and refused to get up... i had had to leave toby in the pushchair and needed to get back to him so i took gabriel by the hand and when he refused to get up and walk i walked and he stayed on the floor!

The article said he was dragged by a "back pack leash "
(their words , not mine )

would be good to see more to it than that.........like the lead up to it, and judging from the size of the child, they probably enjoyed the ride........hard to comment until you know more and of course been in the same situation when your at your wits end your about to totally lose the plot and your child is pushing you closer and closer to the edge of sanity and you cant just say to someone, can you hold my child while i take a moment to calm myself before i do something i will regret......kids know how to push those buttons for sure...........but i completely disagree with leashes anyway........each to their own but i would rather not take my child out anywhere than to put them on a leash like a dog....its just not for me!!! would rather pay someone to watch my child for a few hours a week to get those choirs done that cant be done when DH is home or on the weekend......but thats my own personal feeling on it......im sure i would change my mind if i had an ADD child or something

DH's Mum used reins on him in LA airport, he would have run off other wise, she got some filthy looks for it too.

I think the leash is fine if you need to use it for your kids safety. My friend was really anti them until she went traveling with her 2.5 year old for 6 months and used it at most airports and museums, art galleries etc. Better that than losing them or having them smash a 2000 year old jar!

I don't think that dragging youtube thing is too bad tbh. Looks like the boy has been having a tantrum and is refusing to walk. I certainly don't think it's abuse as he isn't being hurt and is actually hanging on to it. He could let go at any time and mum would prob stop. I can imagine a situation where i would drag Alex by the hand if he refused to get up and we had to go.   Probably wouldn't be my proudest mummy moment but wouldn't hurt him either.

My little brother was dragging Jake around with a dog leash attached to his top lol Jake thought it was awesome he was asking him to do it again and again. I've dragged Jake along by his arm when hes gone limp and I have a handful of shopping bags. I watched a few different videos on this but seems to me (just from the little info I was able to find) that charging her was an over-reaction!

ha ha, Emma, well said, tempted, think we all get tempted.
I pick mine up over the shoulder & tickle so he is laughing all the way out & I have a big smile on my face....so no one see the scratch marks I have endured, my hair in his fists and my annoyance for not finishing what I needed to do.......and for what a toy, treat or something he wanted or just a bad mood.

You can not discipline in public & we have made it that way. You get judged for what ever you do.

opps dam spell check.

Edited by jazzy

ha ha the joys of motherhood, funny how they time their attacks to get maximum effect, oh the embarrassment, sometime I wonder what is more embarrassing....my kids tantrums in public.....or giving birth 3x at the hospital I worked and having the Drs. I saw daily with there heads down there. hee hee.

Oh and as for the comments, I say the people who have kids and make these comments have short memories......and the ones who don't yet have kids.....well payback is a Bitch...lol