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"Dave Plowman (News)" writes:
I remember when it was common to have toddlers in reins. When the roads
were a lot less busy than now. But I suppose it cramps the little
darling's style and leaves them marked for life. Yet you are required by
law to have a dog on a lead in the same circumstances.

I think it died out because parents rarely have the time to walk
at toddler speed nowadays, and dump them in the pushchair instead.

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Andrew Gabriel
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