Week 22Day5: bubblewrap and tethers...

[sugaractive]

A friend posted on Facebook about how while under his parent's supervision, his 3 y.o. decided to leave the house on his own to head to the park that's 1 mile away (crossing a major street- Millbrae ave). The house was locked down like fort knox (special childlocks, alarmed doors etc), but the kid managed to circumvent it all by taking the garage

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[tareredux]

lmao!! awwww *hugs* I don't think the bubble wrap is necessary, but I do approve of tethering!!! I remember the first time I saw a child in a harness on a leash... first thought: BRILLIANT!!!

[sugaractive]

stella may have an extra harness and leash that I can use for the kid.... :P

[starrydynamo2]

better yet, tether the kid to stella, built in alarm system and protection system all in one ;-)

[ducks]

Wow this is the scariest thing I have heard in awhile! I would have freaked the hell out and called the police!!!!! I can't even imagine the feeling to not know where your (grand)child is. Scary!!!!!!!

[sugaractive]

I know right?! it had totally freaked me out. Apparently, my friend was quite adventurous when he was a kid as well. so his son took after him. Jon told me that he tried running away when he was a kid... so it does worry me that my kid may one day attempt something like this.

Apparently the kid goes to the park with his yeh-yeh everyday (hence why he knew the route and how to cross the main street). But I'm just shocked that no one noticed a 3 y.o. walking along by himself and do something about it!

[sugaractive]

here's another "event" that happened with a 3y.o.

parents didn't realized kid got left behind at Chuck-e-cheese

http://consumerist.com/2012/03/parents-dont-realize-daughter-is-still-at-chuck-e-cheeses-until-seeing-the-evening-news.html

[starrydynamo2]

left behind is different than gone on an adventure by choice :)