But this isn't parenting. Just like someone chaining a dog or giving it a muzzle isn't "training", it's the absence of training. You don't have to leash or muzzle a trained dog and you don't have to chain a child that was parented. What she is doing is the absence of parenting.  Yes it is better restrain a wild animal that wasn't trained or parented for the sake of others but at the same time it is abusive and lazy.