You are not crazy but they go on and off so easily I would wear it just when alone with the kids. I have one from shoppers drug mart that is actually for an ankle and it worked well for my son when he sprained his. But I use it on my wrist - like when I spend too much time on the computer - I pull it on and put the thumb through the heel opening and it comes about 3/4 up my forearm and works well. You can get actual wrist ones of course.

I also have a black wrist one made by tensor that is that nylon neoprene. It just wraps around the wrist and velcros closed. So both are easy on and off. I have worn them when wrist is bugging me and picking up kids is an issue.

I also wore the black one when pulling the wagon when I did school runs and would have 4-5 kids in the wagon - 5 x30 pounds plus wagon is a lot of weight.