Abstract: Adult to child tethers consist of lengths of narrow flexible material. Each end of the material is closed to form loops, one to hold the child and adjustable and the other to be held by the adult and also preferably adjustable. The intermediate portion of each tether of material is of sufficient length to enable the tethered child to walk freely but close to the adult. In one embodiment of the invention, the adjustable loop for the adult may be formed by passing the end of that closed loop through an adjusting slide providing a relatively short intermediate portion and when pulled free of the slide enabling the closed loop to be adjusted for use by the adult with a substantial increase in the length of the intermediate portion resulting.