Padma Lakshmi of Top Chef fame must not have that new mom fear that seems to strike the rest of us once the baby leaves the safety of the womb. Five-month-old Krishna was dressed to the nines as her mom took her up in a helicopter in New York City.
I wonder if baby Krishna was in an FAA-approved car seat? Do they even make those for helicopters?
This story makes me shudder as I remember someone telling me once, "Those things were never meant to fly." Combined with last year's deadly accident over the Hudson River, you couldn't get me on a helicopter, much less with my babies.
I realize helicopters are perfectly reasonable methods of transportation in times of war, emergency air lifts, or apparently every Friday night in my Los Angeles neighborhood -- but it's one risk that I wouldn't let my children take with or without me.
Does this make me a "helicopter" parent?
Or should Padma be thinking of the safety of her baby over the ease of transport above the crowded Manhattan streets?
Image via David_Shankbone/Flickr
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Helicopter parent ... ha ha. It scares me too.
Helicopters scare me to death! My dad's a PA in an ER and he rode in a life-flight helicopter and the same helicopter went down a week later, killing the patient and paramedics. Additionally, a Coast Guard helicopter just went down off the coast of WA earlier this week. I can think of too many accidents with helicopters and small planes to ever go in one.
So scary! I would never take my baby or myself on a helicopter! They are incredibly dangerous- my dad passed away in a helicopter accident while on buisness when I was a child, it scares me to even look at one!
id be scared, so i wouldnt go and neither would my child
WOW she is brave...I sure would NOT go for a helicopter ride with or with out my child...I wouldn't even go on an airplane these days!!!!