When I was small, say 1-3 years old, my parents used to have a child leash. They told me that I was very active and couldn’t be stopped easily, so that had to use the leash to keep me close. Now, almost 30 years later, I got a similar leash for my son. I haven’t people seen using it in Sweden so far, so I was slightly sceptical when using it today the first time downtown. For those who haven’t seen one of these very practical inventions, see the excerpt from Simpson below.
Young people found it quite amusing I thing, because they very mostly laughing when they saw us, seniors on the other hand looked slightly strange at me, like saying: “What a bad father he is”, or “What a lazy guy!”. I am not sure if I will use it frequently, but it is definitely worth a thought. And it doesn’t seem to be something only Germans use; evidence follows:
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