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I can appreciate that Teachermom01 asked this question: Do your kids wear helmets when riding bikes, scooters or skating? I just bought my 5-year-old son a scooter and all the important safety accessories for Christmas. I can't wait to see him all suited up! But I've definitely noticed that when his schoolmates are breezing by on their way to class in the morning, about half of them are helmet-less.
Shouldn't helmets be an absolute must? Is it that kids get sick of them and just stop wanting to wear them? I know, when we were kids helmets were stigmatized--the only children who wore them were the ones who were a harm to themselves. But we've come along way helmet-wise, yes? What's the deal, do your kids wear them?
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YES!!! My kids absolutely wear a helmet anytime they are on wheels. Tehy have cool helmets with sports graphics to keep them in them as long as we can as paretns. My 9 yo wa hit by a car 18 mos ago and what saved him was he was wearing his helmet albeit not properly fastened (I've been told) I am aa crossing guard for the local elementary and too hate to see kids not following the LAW!!! Yes,it is a law so make sure your own kids wear them cuz despite our best efforts we cannot save everybody :( I often call the PD and tell them which blok my non-helmet kids are going in hopes of a few tickets being doled out to get thoses parents attention HAHAHA!!!Also, helmets for our household are usually presents (like socks and undies) at christmas and birthday so they stay new prices usually around $20 each
my daughter is nine and i still make her wear a helmet, she doesn't like it all all none of her friends do, but in NH it is a law that they have to wear them untill 15 i think, they don't enforce it but i tell her it's a law so you have to obey.
Most of the time. They hate waiting for me to put them on properly. I have to admit, it seems way too overprotective to me.
ABSOLUTELY!! I have a(n) 8 yr old and a 5 yr old and both know not to even ask to ride thier bikes, skate boards, skooters, 4-wheeler, etc w/o thier helmet. My 8 year old Gage had no problem wearing his helmet when he was younger but now his comments are... "Mom I look stupid with a helmet on... my friends don't have to wear thiers" . I sat him down and explained what could happen if he fell and hit his head on the pavement. I even had him watch a show that come on t.v. about this teen who was riding his skate board and had fallen and ended up w/ head trama. Of course, it wasn't anything gruesome but just enough to let him know that it could happen to anyone. This may seem extreme to some moms but sometimes a little reality is called for. We are not always around our children, teens for instance, so if they understand the reality of things hopefully they will think about it the next time we are not there to remind them.... Well that, and the fact, that I'M UR MOTHER NOT THIERS AND I SAY... UR WEARING UR HELMET!.!. HEHE!!
oh yes, my son is only 2 1/2, but he has a scooter and a tricycle. We have explained to him from day one that he can not step foot on his scooter, or sit on his trike unless he has his helmet on.
I used to work on an ambulance before I had children and became a SAHM. I have seen first hand the results of children riding equipment without the proper safety items. I even saw a 16 year old paralized in an accident involving a bicycle and a tree; would have been a lot different if he had been wearing a helmet.
Yes, my kids know that wearing a helmet is non-negotiable, and only a couple of times have I caught my oldest riding off without one, and she was promptly hollered at to come back and put it on!
My 8 y/o DD always wears her helmet. She has been caught a few times not wearing it ("cuz her friends don't have to") and she got bicycle restriction for a week! She now always puts it on w/o me telling her to. My 2 y/o DS always wore his too when he rode in the bike trailer I had hitched to my bike ( I no longer have them). He likes to wear it all the time ~ he thinks its fun! They will probably get new helmets this Christmas as my DD was especially rough on hers!
YES!
my son started riding his bike on the sidewalk at 2 1/2 ... he never wore a helmet , i think they look like little retards w/ em on , and he hates em , i put one on him jokin around at kmart one nite , and he started flip out ! he screamed for my ex and was like "mommy makin me look like a retard and i do not like it" lol ... i love my lil idiot
We absolutely make ours wear helmets. DD-6 wrecks her bike all the time so she has to. DS is only 2, but I don't feel it's fair to DD if he doesn't have to wear one, so he has one for riding his tricycle, too. We live in the country, so they can only ride in the driveway and yard, but I want them in the habit of it now. I even made DS wear his helmet when he was riding the trike inside at his grandma's. She thought I was being silly, but I don't ever want him to be able to say, "Well, you didn't make me wear it when ______," you know?
BTW, we NEVER wore helmets when we were young. Most of the reason I do make my kids do it is b/c DD is my step-daughter, and I don't want to give her BM any reason to think she can get her back.