After the third time of my son running off in the mall when I paying for something or ordering his food, I went to the pet store in the mall and bought a dog leash. I attached it to his belt loop and the other end on my wrist, we were on TV that night as the TV crew was doing a story there and saw him. They never spoke to us, but the news anchor thought it was a great idea. That was 26 years ago. I only had to use it for a few months but he was never embarrassed about it and it kept him alive, he was diagnosed as ADHD - was very hard to handle and I had another child to keep track of too.
Nope, didn't make him feel like a dog.
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