These days, being a parent can be hard, especially when you have to deal with family and online strangers who are always criticizing your every move. Jordan Driskell, who is 31 years old and has five sets of five children, knows this all too well. He had to think of a clever way to keep his active and curious five-year-olds safe and under control in public.

What’s Driskell’s creative answer? Leashes for kids. He looked for a better way after their six-seat chair, which was hard to push and annoying for the kids, became too small for them. The leashes let his kids play outside while keeping them safe and easy to see.

But Dr. Deborah Gilboa, who studies parenting and teen growth, doesn’t agree. She thinks leashes are a useful way to keep young children or people with neurodiversity under control in public places. Dr. Gilboa says that leashes can be helpful until kids learn to listen and can walk without holding on to anything by eight or nine years old.

In the end, parents like Driskell should be able to raise their kids without worrying about what other people will think. Tell us what you think about kids wearing leashes in public.