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Parents of young children know just how big a handful they can be during waking hours.  My sons were no different, it was always constant activity and mayhem.  I would have never chained either one outside like the story below, but the younger one did have to wear a bungee cord from my wrist to his wrist when we went out anywhere; otherwise, it was just chase him everywhere and get nothing else done.

You have to wonder whether Mr. Kriaris of Bellaire, Ohio http://www.examiner.com/r-5025686~Ohio_Father_Charged_With_Chaining_Toddler_To_Tire.html  who supposedly chained his toddler son to a tire in the front yard did so with any malice towards the child.  The other son, a 3 year old, apparently managed to get the chain twisted around himself as well.  Fortunately, a neighbor’s older child went over and released the children from their predicament.

On the surface, the story does look like child endangerment because these kids were not only very little, but outside the home by themselves and entangled in a chain.   Even if this was just a totally stupid thing to do on his part, and he actually tied the toddler, he really could use some adults to help refresh his parenting skills.  There are things a parent should just never do, chaining a child is certainly one of them.

This is an awful way for the Kriaris family to start off the New Year.