Ashley Iaconetti Says She Has ‘No Shame’ Putting Her Kids on Toddler Leashes
Ashley Iaconetti Says She Has ‘No Shame’ Putting Her Kids on Toddler Leashes
Desiree AnelloSun, April 5, 2026 at 8:11 PM UTC
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Ashley Iaconetti; Ashley Iaconetti and her kids, Dawson and Hayden, at an aquariumCredit: Adela Loconte/Variety via Getty -
Ashley Iaconetti said she has “no shame in my toddler leash game” after using leashes to keep her kids, Dawson and Hayden, safe during a trip to the aquarium in Boston
“Dawson has an AirTag on #safetyovershame,” the Real Housewives of Rhode Island star wrote on social media
Iaconetti also shared a glimpse into her family's trip to Chuck E. Cheese, emphasizing that the entertainment center is “still the best”
Ashley Iaconetti is confident in her parenting choices.
On Saturday, April 4, the Real Housewives of Rhode Island star, 38, shared a few photos of herself spending time with her two sons — Dawson, 4, and Hayden, 20 months — on her Instagram Stories while her husband, Jared Haibon, was busy visiting a friend in the hospital in Boston.
“I thought, let me take the kids to the Boston aquarium while he’s there,” Iaconetti wrote over a selfie with her kids. “I do not recommend doing this.”
Ashley Iaconetti and her kids, Dawson and HaydenCredit: Ashley Iaconetti/Instagram
In the next photo, her two boys could be seen peering over a large tank at the aquarium, with a plastic children’s leash connecting Hayden to the Bachelor in Paradise alum’s wrist.
“I have no shame in my toddler leash game,” she emphasized over the photo. “Dawson has an AirTag on. #safetyovershame.”
Ashley Iaconetti with kids Dawson and Hayden at an aquariumCredit: Ashley Iaconetti/Instagram
Iaconetti later took Dawson and Hayden to Chuck E. Cheese, noting that the iconic entertainment center is “still the best.”
“Pizza, wings, games, little rides, trampolines, and play zone all in one,” she wrote over a photo of the boys getting ready to go down a yellow slide. “Unlike a lot of play zones, everything is monitored and it’s small enough to keep your eyes on your kids without having to crawl into the tubes yourself.”
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Iaconetti — who first rose to fame while appearing on The Bachelor in 2015, after which she met her husband during season 2 of Bachelor in Paradise — recently made her return to reality television as a core cast member in the inaugural season of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island.
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Ashley Iaconetti, Jared Haibon and their kids, Dawson and HaydenCredit: ashley_iaconetti/Instagram
“That was a learning curve for me because I think that I expected one thing and then had to settle into another,” she recently told PEOPLE of making the switch from Bachelor Nation to Bravo's Housewives franchise. “But I've always felt pretty comfortable in front of the camera. I've never been like, ‘Oh, I have to shield that from the camera.’ I've never had that resistance to share my life.”
“I guess maybe that's because nothing really hugely traumatic has happened to me, knock on so much wood. But there hasn't been a ton that I felt like, ‘Oh, I'd like to not share this,’ ” she continued. “I love sharing motherhood on social media, I loved sharing my search for love via social media and, of course, The Bachelor.”
Despite her openness to sharing glimpses into motherhood online and her children’s occasional appearances on the Bravo reality show, Iaconetti said she wants to avoid putting her kids’ lives “out there too much.”
“In the little doses that we had on the show, Jared and I feel comfortable at this age,” she explained. “I think there are more ages that are more sensitive to it, but right now, we felt fine.”
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