Quote Originally Posted by slow_hatch View Post
If we are in a public/crowded area I either have her by the hand or I am watching her. That's part of being a parent, watching over your children. Also she was raised to know how to act when in crowded areas, she knows better than to run off etc. When she was younger, you'd just have to pay more attention. It's really not that hard.
I do understand everything your saying. Obviously we just have different parenting ideas. Now, I do want my son to know not to run off, etc.. However, there's always going to be that chance. Me personally, I'm paranoid about everything as it is, so, I'm very leary to take that chance.