If you ask any parent they will tell you that raising children is difficult. If you have one child, you may struggle a little but if you have two children, you will struggle a lot.
Perhaps that is why many of us can’t imagine what it would be like to have quintuplets. Just trying to keep all of the children in line and keeping track of their safety can be a job.
Nobody knows this better than Jordan Driskell, a man who just happens to be the father of quintuplets. Those five children are five years old, and you can only imagine how much of a handful they can be at times.
5-year-old children are naturally curious and even for young parents, they can take your abilities to the limit. That is when he came up with the idea that he would keep track of them by tethering them to leashes when they are out in public.
At one time, he had a six-seat stroller that he used to haul the children around but that became difficult when the children got restless. It also wasn’t the easiest thing to transport.
Now that he has the children on little leashes, it allows them to explore the world around them without getting too far away or getting into mischief.
When the family went to the aquarium for a visit, pictures were taken and shared online. They also took a video and it wasn’t long before it went viral and racked up more than 3 million views.
It showed the children walking around on their leashes and there were hundreds of people who were quick to say that they were not animals and should not be leashed. Others were saying that he shouldn’t have that many kids if he can’t handle it.
Comments came in, asking him why he couldn’t just train the children better or tell them that running away is risky. Yeah, like that’s going to work.
Fortunately, there were some experts who were also able to let people know that putting a child on a leash doesn’t make them an animal. The only alternative is to stay at home, so having a leash is a better option.
Eventually, the children will be old enough that they can interact with them verbally and properly explain that being out of sight is dangerous. Until that time, keeping the children on the leash is not going to hurt them or anyone else.