Does your toddler hold your hand when you ask them to? (For safety reasons)

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My little guy is so resistant to holding my hand (for example in a parking lot, on the sidewalk, out and about). He LOVES being outside and just wants to run free!! When he won’t hold my hand I will pick him up and then he will just kick his legs and squirm to get down. He’s such a good listener indoors but outside- forget it! Just curious how other little ones his age are with this!

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Mine generally does pretty well, but I'm telling you, a kid leash is perfect. Keeps them safe but they feel a sense of freedom and independence.

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my son (21 mos) loves baby shark so i got this backpack with a harness. sometimes i just tuck it in the backpack and other times i can hold it and keep him safe!

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I would say pretty good 60% of the time yes. I try to only use when I have to and I say very firmly we are holding hands now, we are in a parking lot.

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My daughter is SO independent so unless she legit needs help (like up a big step or something) she won’t hold my hand.

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My son just runs away constantly lol and yes if I pick him up he wants down. If he is tired he will hold my hand and walk

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My son does pretty good until he sees something he wants. So, we got out his little backpack leash this week. I don’t even care about people’s judgments anymore. He had a blast running around Sam’s yesterday. He had his independence and I was able to keep him safe. Win-win in my books lol.

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Mine does really well most of the time . He knows he has to hold hands or he can’t walk so he usually stops and says hand before he even moves but he still has his moments where he just doesn’t want to hold hands but if he does that then he doesn’t get to walk .

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We're working on it 😂

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Same, lol. Will NOT hold my hand.

Does your toddler hold your hand when you ask them to? (For safety reasons)

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