Chris Cillizza is a political reporter for the Washington Post and writes the popular column, “The Fix.” Today he veered off talking about live chats with politicos, retweeting slams on George W. Bush’s artistic abilities and Daily Show monologue favorites to venture into new territory: parenting.
He blurted out this on Twitter this morning.
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Just saw a kid on a leash. So not cool.
I understand what he’s feeling. Putting a kid on a leash looks odd and borderline abusive. I’m sure that’s the point Cillizza was trying to make. Some people went with Cillizza’s premise and agreed readily, like this guy
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@TheFix Always especially in malls..Like give your kid a bone….
And then people with knowledge of autistic children began to weigh in and school the political reporter:
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@TheFix Parents with autism often use them, as their children may have problems w/hands being held, etc. Don’t judge.
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@TheFix You have no idea why that parent feels compelled to restrain the child that way. It may be the only safe way they can go out.
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@TheFix I used to think like that until an autistic kid ran from Dad into the woods & disappeared. He’s never been found. It’s been years.
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@TheFix Parents with autism often use them, as their children may have problems w/hands being held, etc. Don’t judge.
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@TheFix IMO permissable if the “preschool-aged child-to-parent ratio” is > 2:1, but I personally still wouldn’t do it.
As I always say Twitter is a free fire zone. You fire and people fire back. BOOM.
