Abstract: A child restraint for restricting the distance a child can wander from a parent or attendant for use in connection with a conventional shopping cart. The restraint has a cable reel at one end which selectively pays out a length of tether cable. The reel is attachable to the frame of a shopping cart by a lock which may be released by the attendant or store personnel. The opposite end of the tether cable is attached to a harness or cuff which may be attached about the child and locked in place by a key or combination lock. In the preferred embodiment, the harness is secured about the child by a combination lock which carries indicia which in the correct combination for opening the lock spell out a simple word which may be easily memorized by the user.