do you have your kids wear helmets while ?
–bike riding
– skiing
– rollerblading or skateboarding
– ice skating
– using a pogo stick
– sledding
if for some, but not all, do you feel that there’s really a substantial difference in the risk of head injury for those activities, or is there another reason?
thumbs downs not from me; just interested in what other people do. i got a concussion from a bike accident when i was a good rider. most ice skating rinks where we live will not allow children (sometimes also adults) on the ice without helmets. sledding is where i get the most resistance from my kids because it seems pretty uncommon for kids to wear helmets around here while sledding, but one local kid had to be evacuated to a hospital in an ambulance for a head injury while sledding.
i meant also to add that although i know you can’t protect them from anything, it doesn’t seem like a big imposition to me to put on a helmet, so my kids do it.
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Oh yes! All of the above (even sledding) require a helmet.
Head injuries can happen anytime during those activities. I’d rather be safe than sorry. My husband got a nasty gash on his head while sledding, lol. Go figure, huh?
Of all things when I was 17 I got a concussion at church camp from an obstacle course! The tire tower is not a good idea….. The students who were supposed to catch me if I fell did not. I fell straight onto my head and was knocked out. What a fun way to spend your last year at youth church camp!
no
I only have my children wear helmets while breathing. That shit is dangerous.
Not sledding. But yes to all others.
well, when first learning, yes to the first three. once the kids get really good, I dont’ think it’s too neccisary, but a good idea. no on a pogo stick, that’s a little over kill. sledding is debatable. not a helmet for sure, but make sure it’s in a sort of open field slope to prevent crashing into trees.
well, abviously im not a father, but i am a kid too old for a helmet now but i did have to wear one for my bike and rollerblades. thats about it.
I have to say yes to all of them except maybe ice skating. I’m probably too overprotective but I say why take a chance on something happening. Using any of those items could lead to a potentially dangerous head accident. Even sledding and rollerblading could lead the head injuries when you don’t expect it.
i’ve only used a helmet once, with my barbie rollerblades when i was little (lol), but that was only because it came with my rollerblades set. after that i never wore a helpmet or knee/elbow pads with anything else.
umm…i not a parent but i do all of the things you listed and i dont wear a helmet while doing any of them. iv neverr gotten hurt either nd i nv fell. so i guess nope
I have my kid wear a helmet while she’s: bike riding, skiing, and rollerblading. Sometimes for skateboarding, never for sleeding, never for ice skating, and she really doesn’t need one for a pogo stick.
Only for bike riding and rollerblading/skateboarding. I don’t really know why i don’t make them wear them in these other activities. I guess my parents only made me wear them when bike riding and skating when i was a kid.
Well my daughter isn’t old enough for any of those alone, but I went sledding with her recently and I did have her wear a helmet.
There’s just so much ice and there could be rocks under the snow.
I mean I was sitting on the sled with her, holding her, but if anything were to happen and she fell off I wanted to be absolutely sure she would be okay.
–bike riding – YES
– skiing – YES
– rollerblading or skateboarding – YES
– ice skating – NO
– using a pogo stick – YES
– sledding – NO
Hi!
Yes for all of the above except sledding. Although, if they were on a rough terrain while sledding then I would make them. My kids hate it but when they go to do one of those things I rarely have to ask them to get their helmets. I usually make them wear sport gloves or a thin glove too….just don’t want a bloody road rash and the kids understand that.
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parents are babying their kids way to much these days, when we were growing up we didn’t wear helmets to do these things and we turned out just fine. If the kid gets a little hurt, they will learn from their mistake and become stronger and smarter b/c of it. if you try to protect your kids from every dangerous thing in this world, they are going to grow up to be complete pussies. Let the kids have fun if they get scraped up that is all part of being a kid.
I used to used helmets on bike riding until i got good.
But I wear a halmet while roller blading and ice skating.
Biking no b/c when you get good, u learn u can use your feet when you loose balance to keep from falling, wheras w/ ice and roller blading, your feet are the problem when you fall.
Using a pogo stick is half and half.
Sledding and skiing yes if you like to crash or just happen to crash alot.
My daughter usually wears a helmet while she is riding her bike. I make her do this as she is still learning. Luckily, she is only 5 and is cool with wearing it. If and when it gets to a point where she does not want to wear it, I will probably still make her do it. I don’t know what I would do with myself if something happened and having a helmet on would have helped.
Also, when my husband was young he fell at an ice skating rink and ended up with a concussion. So in that case having a helmet on might have prevented that.
I would make them wear their helmets. there is a good chance of head injury, I do know way back when, no body used helmets, of course there were head injuries, broken noses, broken teeth, etc.
My thought on this also, way back you can leave an IOU with the doctor,pay later kinda thing. Not now, you pay as you go. So every precaution to avoid hospital trips is a good thing.
yes to all but using a pogo stick. My kids havent ever tried one. Even sledding my children wear their snowmobile helmets. I have never enforced it as a rule or even asked them to. They know outside fun means helmets required.
Bike riding – because where we live, it’s the law.
We don’t ski (yet) and I’m not sure whether I would insist or not.
Rollerblading – they use their bike helmets for this.
Ice Skating – only when they are playing hockey.
Pogo Stick – we don’t have one.
Sledding – no.
I know there is always a risk of injury but they also need to be able to have fun. Sometimes the equipment just gets in the way and causes frustration and then they don’t want to try at all. They could fall down the stairs but I don’t make them wear a helmet around the house.
Not really. The only time they wear a helmet is when we go camping and some state parks have rules that kids under 13 have to wear helmets while riding bikes, rollerblading or skateboarding.
my child doesn’t do any of those, shes only a baby. but when i was sk8ing and blading i never wore an helmet unless i was practising rolls then i used the weight of my helmet to help spin my body, good job as well, i always fell when i did them lol.
I have my son wear a helmet when he is on his bike, scooter or skateboard because in these situations ge is almost always around moving vehicles/parking lots. I require it also when he is in a rink because of the idiots that think no one except themselves belong there.
they used to, but then grew out of it. My 8 1/2 year old daughter doesn’t like too, but then my 6 1/2 year old loves too. I let them decide. My 6 1/2 yr old does when she is rollerblading.
Not for skiing or ice skating
They do a lot of horseback riding & don’t wear one for that either. Sometimes I think it’s even more dangerous on a horse than it is on any of the other things. Even in the rodeos the little girls don’t wear them. The horse is higher up & can run faster & step on them too, but they don’t wear them. Go figure!
Yes. Helmets are required in my household.
I wear a helmet myself when doing any of those things, although I personally do not ice skate or pogo stick.
When I was a child, two of my schoolmates were killed while riding their bikes. One of them may have survived if she had been wearing helmet, the other would likely have died in any case, as he suffered sever internal injuries.
My daughter is only 22 months but will most definitely be wearing a helmet when the time comes for all of the above activities. It is not worth the risk.
I saw a poster at a cycling shop once that had a picture of a small child wearing running shoes and a cycling helmet. The caption read "This child has $100 feet and a $10 head". My husband and I are cyclists and we both wear good, expensive helmets and so will my daughter.
Brody’s so young still, but its interesting, I was never told to wear a helmet for anything when I was a kid.
I will be teaching Brody that he needs to though.
i have 9 and 10 year olds. they don’t wear helmets for bikes, roller/skate boarding, pogo or sledding even tho’ they have helmets. they didn’t wear them while learning, either.
we don’t ski or ice skate.
i encourage helmet use, but don’t demand it. you can’t hover over them day and night; at some point you have to trust some of their judgements and instincts. you have to monitor what they are doing but give some space. so, i don’t get too overly protective. i don’t worry over the head injury risk because i trust their judgement not to do anything really stupid since they were taught how watch for traffic and that stupid actions may create accidents.
i think it is hyper paranoia on those parents’ part due to the isolated accident they may hear of. most kids have common sense and their activities are quite normal, not the stuff of potential accidents.
We didn’t have safety equipment when we were kids, so as a kid we of course didn’t wear it…..but with my own son, I keep thinking ‘what if something happened and you could have prevented it?’ so he wears it for any activity, like skateboarding and bike riding and roller blading – of course he is only six and he’s pretty rubbish at most of these activities so it’s wise to pad and protect him, I don’t think I have actually let go of him when he’s standing on the skateboard yet, he just randomly falls off even when it’s not moving, lol, but I want him to have a go and he is very happy telling other people he goes skateboarding, (even though we usually sit on it and go down the hill together, more like sledging!)
yes, & i do believe the risks for your child are alot less when they wear a helmet
Bike – Yes.
Roller Skating – No but she only does it in a rink that has a rubbery floor. She will wear a helmet when she starts skating on harder surfaces.
Scooter – Usually, but not when she is riding on the grass. (scooter that’s like a skateboard with handlebars – she doesn’t ride anything with a motor yet.)
We don’t do ice skating, pogo stick, or sledding. I don’t know if I would make her wear a helmet for those or not … Guess it would depend on surrounding obstacles.
I personally don’t like to wear a helmet for anything. It makes me feel enclosed which makes it harder for me to pay attention to my surroundings. I will wear one to set a good example for my daughter, but when she isn’t there – the helmet comes off. Hopefully if I make her get use to one at an early age – she won’t get the same "trapped" feeling that I do.
Yes, I do.
My boys have not yet gone skiing, ice skating, used a pogo stick, or gone sledding but when they do, they will wear a helmet. I even have my oldest wear it when he rides his Power Wheel vehicles, for habit more than anything. He got a new Packer helmet for Christmas from grandma and grandpa and loves it so he has no objections (so far!).
My mom is a RN in surgical ICU and I’ve heard one too many horror stories.
My children are basically trained when it comes to helmets. I don’t even have to ask them to put one on before they ride their bikes, or scooters, or skateboards. Even a pogo stick- those things are kind of unpredictable.
My sister is a firefighter/EMT and she has seen some pretty sad results of lazy parents not putting helmets on their kids when riding bikes, etc.
bike riding – it’s law here.
skiing – no
skateboarding – no
ice skating – until about 6 yrs old then just when playing hockey
pogo – never had one
sledding – no
I think that sometimes over protecting children makes them reckless. Like that fool who thinks he can do 120 kms in a snow storm because he’s got snow tires.
My kids definitely wear helmets when bike riding. The few times my child has been rollerskating, skiing and ice skating she has also worn one. She has never used a pogo stick. When sledding we don’t use one, but realistically we should.
In my state , I believe that there is law stating that children under 12 MUST legally wear a helmet while bike riding.
yes
its the law here
except most kids now, have no idea what a pogo stick is
its sad, really