It's A Child, NOT A PET

I have some fairly complex opinions regarding children, and there's no way I [or anyone who is fit to raise a child] could adequately explain them in one post. There is one however which I can. Your child [and for the sake of argument everyone has a child while they are reading this] is exactly that. A child. A small, vulnerable human being who will one day grow up to be a proper [re: Able to harm others] human being, and the way you raise them will have perhaps be the biggest decider on what they are going to be like when they grow up.

As such, you need to be very careful in they way you raise them. Things like imitation are common [eg. you randomly beating a whole bunch of people up can make them violent], and the way you treat them, particularly at a younger age, have a profound influence on how they see themselves throughout their life. So when put a harness on your child and leash them up like a dog, YOU ARE BEING A FUCKING TERRIBLE PARENT. If you have ever done this, I hate you. If this has ever been done to you, my sympathies.

Seriously. You have them ON A LEASH. LIKE A DOG. What sort of message do you think this gives the child?? That they are no more important to you than a pet, that they need to be watched/tethered at all times and cannot be trusted [it doesn't matter if this is true, it's still bad for self esteem]. Not only that, YOU HAVE THEM ON A LEASH LIKE AN ANIMAL!!!! I can think of nothing more demeaning to a person than this that isn't actually illegal. How would you like it if I tied you to a rope and led you around all day doing pointless shit and either ignoring you or talking to you like you were completely retarded?? What's that, you wouldn't??

WELL NEITHER WOULD THEY IF THEY KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. And there's a good freaking chance that they will despise you for it when they are older. And you deserve their hatred. In fact, you fucking deserve to die for this. I HOPE YOU DIE. And that your child is given to decent parent(s).