hi mum
i live in the uk and always see children wearing bike helmets but not their parents. this made me think that isn't that a bad example or something. can someone tell me why parents don't but children have to is it cost or appreance or something.
btw. i know some adults do but i am going with what i view as the majority of the british public.
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I agree with you completely. Helmets are required for children where I live, but I rarely see adults wear them. I really think it sets a bad example for the kids.
I agree with you completely. Helmets are required for children where I live, but I rarely see adults wear them. I really think it sets a bad example for the kids.
Do you think the gov't should compel your children to wear helmets when riding a bike?
lip11
Please, the question is not about risk assessment. It's about whether the government should force this on you!
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I notice alot of the answers already here to this question seem to be ignoring the fact that you are not questioning if it is good or not for the child to wear a helmet but that you are only asking if the government should step in and mandate that children should wear helmets when riding their bicycles....As an RN that has children myself it is very scary the number of kids that come into the ER due to head injuries obtained from bicycle accidents.... As a parent and american it is scary to me that someone else has the authority and audacity to tell me how to raise my children!!!! I believe that most parents do not want their children to get hurt and would do whatever it took to prevent injury to their child, including providing their children with helmets if they can afford them....I do not believe the government has the right to come into our homes and mandate to us exactly how that is to be done! I remember as a child taking bicycle safety classes...and no one mentioned anything back in the 60's about wearing a helmet when riding your bike...it was understood that when you took on the responsibility of bicycle ownership that you would also take on the responsibility of learning how, when, and where to safely ride the bicycle....and if that included wearing a bicycle then that was up to the individual...at what point do we stop making decisions for others and allow a person to be responsible for their own choices and actions?
I notice alot of the answers already here to this question seem to be ignoring the fact that you are not questioning if it is good or not for the child to wear a helmet but that you are only asking if the government should step in and mandate that children should wear helmets when riding their bicycles....As an RN that has children myself it is very scary the number of kids that come into the ER due to head injuries obtained from bicycle accidents.... As a parent and american it is scary to me that someone else has the authority and audacity to tell me how to raise my children!!!! I believe that most parents do not want their children to get hurt and would do whatever it took to prevent injury to their child, including providing their children with helmets if they can afford them....I do not believe the government has the right to come into our homes and mandate to us exactly how that is to be done! I remember as a child taking bicycle safety classes...and no one mentioned anything back in the 60's about wearing a helmet when riding your bike...it was understood that when you took on the responsibility of bicycle ownership that you would also take on the responsibility of learning how, when, and where to safely ride the bicycle....and if that included wearing a bicycle then that was up to the individual...at what point do we stop making decisions for others and allow a person to be responsible for their own choices and actions?
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