Alternative to parenting...

On my way to the bank I saw a man and a small child crossing the street. The child was wearing one of those kid leashes. Now, those always make for some good comedy. I know people love having choices and the ability to decline the alternative (alternative: actually being a parent and watching you kid) but in this case it was not the adult that was seemingly in charge of keeping track of the child. No, on the other end of the kid leash was the kid! That's right, the little boy who couldn't be more than 3 years old was leading himself with his monkey-face-cleverly-disguised-as-a-back-pack LEASH! ACROSS A CROSS WALK!!! A busy one, at that! (for my Bend friends, it was the intersection at 27th and HWY 20) By the time the two had crossed the street the small boy was walking a good 8 to 10 feet in front of the man. SOME PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO CARE FOR CHILDREN!!!! There were cars speeding by at 45 MPH and the little boy was just trotting along like he was at the park or something.... sheesh. I wanted to yell out the window "HOLD THAT KID'S HAND!!!!"