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xGhostchantx posted...

I edit sooo frequently it gets confusing for me too, don't worry; but you've clearly never had a child and I sincerely hope you never do and in the event that you do, not a terrorist toddler because they're extremely fucking difficult to deal with. If it's on a shelf and she's close, it's on the floor. At the supermarket. At the department store. At home. Everywhere. Is there a road? She's on it. Why? Because she wants to be. Try to lift her off it? Screaming and kicking and crying. My only sure fire way to keep her alive and not destroying shit I would then have to pay for, I had to bring the harness out. If stopping her from running onto the road needs a leash, I'm gonna fucking use a leash because I don't want my child to die or be destroying shit. It takes less than a god damn second for a toddler to run off and I am not ever going to risk that. Ever. Ever ever ever ever ever.

Maybe you should. But follow her out of her sight. Eventually she'll realize you aren't there and become very frightened. After seeing her panic a bit, step forward to rescue her.

I can almost guarantee she won't run off again. Her experience with that fear will be a reminder to her.

My grandparents did it to my mother, and she never ran off after that experience. And my parents did it with me... and I never ran off afterwards. That fear of having lost your parents is one of the very few memories I still have of being 2 years old.

That and feeding ducks at the local duck pond.