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Daddy Clay: Hey there, welcome back to The Lab. I'm Daddy Clay here at the ABC Kids and
Baby Expo in Las Vegas. We've got with us today an amazing special guest, long-time
host of the Good Morning America show and mom of seven, Joan Lunden.
Daddy Clay: Joan, thanks so much for being with us today.
Joan Lunden: It's my pleasure.
Daddy Clay: So what brings you to the ABC Kids Expo?
Joan Lunden: Because I am now in this business. I'm an inventor. And my husband and I were
out one day with our four little ones. I have a set of twins that's 4 and a set that's 6.
They're 20 months apart, so you put those 4 down and they're all in different directions.
And they were doing that one day in a store and my husband yelled into me in a dressing
room. "There's got to be a better way." So, that became our challenge. If you don't like
the leashes that are out there, so many people object to. Then come up with another idea.
And we came up with the KinderKord. The KinderKord, I've got one on you. Now this is a parent's
one, this is a child's one. The child's has a cord that's only one foot long; that's for
safety standards and you want everything to be safe. And then the parents - we have one
that's two feet long. And the secret to this is really this little hook right here. This
is what's patented. And we needed to find a way that you could hook up to your child
and not let them run off that would always stay together and that would allow you to
go in one way and one way only. Because one you're in, this has got a certain amount of
tension on it so there's no way that can come undone. With a safety product for a child,
it has to be 100% infallible. And you can hook up more than one child and believe me,
we do that all the time. What it's really meant to be Clay is an extension of holding
hands because that's kind of a hip, cool-looking way to feel like you keep your child near
to you. And in today's fast-paced world, you don't want them running. It just takes one
instance for them to run out in that parking lot.
Daddy Clay: Everybody's got their specific parenting fear.
Joan Lunden: Mine's parking lots.
Daddy Clay: Hot water. Knives. I don't know what yours is. Mine's traffic and parking
lots. So I totally understand the necessity for the product because I feel that anxiety
in the parking lot.
Joan Lunden: And every parent that walks by this booth has their story of when they became
separate from their child. And how it just stops your heart. This allows you to keep
them close at hand. Look, kids want to explore. They don't necessarily want you to hold their
hand every second. But this allows them to have a little bit of latitude. Not be able
to get too far away. And yet you still feel like you know they can't get separated from
you.
Daddy Clay: Thanks for sharing the information about the KinderKord. And let's go to DadLabs.com
to talk about this product. Thanks for joining us here at the ABC Kids and Baby Show. We'll
see you next time.