Raising children in today’s world may be difficult. Young parents must suffer remarks about their parenting skills from total strangers online, in addition to receiving advice from family members.

Jordan Driskell, a young father, gave birth to five quintuplets. His quintuplets are five years old. As you would expect, parenting five children of the same age may be quite difficult. A child’s curiosity and enjoyment of exploration are especially strong around the age of five.

Jordan Driskell, a 31-year-old parent, decided to come up with a creative solution to his problem. He purchased child-sized leashes to keep his rambunctious young children under control while they were out in public with him.

Previously, Driskell’s huge family utilized a stroller with six seats. However, the children’s distractions inside the stroller quickly led to its dullness. Taking the stroller somewhere was also a huge pain.

When the family is out, the small children may roam and explore their surroundings without their father losing track of them or losing control over them, ensuring their safety.

Driskell posted a video of the family’s excursion to the aquarium, prompting a lot of criticism from the parents. Over 3 million people have seen the viral video showing the youngsters on leashes. Many others argued that the children should not have been on leashes because they were not animals.

Others said, “If you can’t handle the pressure, don’t have so many children.”

Others provided disrespect disguised as advice: “Can’t you just properly train your children?” Explain to them why escape is dangerous.”

Dr. Deborah Gilboa, a parenting and adolescent development specialist, had a different take. She disagrees that giving your child a leash makes them feel like an animal. Of course, a leash is far superior to remaining at home if that is your only alternative.

Dr. Gilboa believes that a leash is a useful tool for restraining early toddlers or children with neurological problems in public. She did, however, warn that it might be troublesome if a neurotypical child is not self-sufficient by the ages of eight and nine and has not improved their listening skills.

By that time, parents should be able to communicate verbally with their children without using gadgets like leashes.

Parents should be able to parent whatever they see fit without fear of social judgment.

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