Would you let 14 YO bike home without helmet ONCE?
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Anonymous
I agree with not letting him bike all the way home, but this is a little too cuckoo for cocoa puffs! You won't let your kid bike to your mailbox & back?? That's not even worrying about cars hitting him, that's called not having faith in your kids biking skills. 
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Anonymous
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Why don't you helicopter people insist that your kids wear helmets in the house? There are far more accidental falls resulting in deaths that happen in the house than there are in the street.
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Anonymous
| No |
Anonymous
| No because it teaches him that he doesn't always need a helmet. So it practically guarantees that he will end up not wearing it in the future. |
Anonymous
You obviously haven't read this thread. Plenty of people saying what's the big deal and one poster after who said, incredulously, that it was nerdy. Nerdy it may be, but after that we say that anyone who rides a bike without a helmet has a brain not worth protecting. |
Anonymous
LOL 90s |
Anonymous
| No. Because he shouldn't have left the house without it in the first place, and I wouldn't enable/reward that with another ride unless I absolutely had to. Alternatively, if for logistical reasons I had to, I'd fine my kid. |
Anonymous
Dude, the kid is 14. He called and said he made a mistake. Land the helicopter with your "house consequences." Do you have 3yr olds or are you just this anal of a human being to your teen kids? |
Anonymous
| No, because he broke your house rule. If you make an exception, he's going to expect exceptions in the future. If you want to avoid this situation again in the future, you enforce the rule the first time, and every time. |
Anonymous
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Fortunately, you can pick and choose the random circumstances that will result in falling awkwardly on your head.
Just make sure that the trip without the helmet isn't one of those times. |
Anonymous
| I dont get it. The option is bike home without helmet or bike to friends house without helmet? |
Anonymous
Agreed, how is he supposed to get home? Or are we saying walk the bike home? |
Anonymous
It may be a small risk, but it's potentially catastrophic consequences. That changes the equation. For me, I'd say no, and the result of not getting to go to his friend's house after school would mean he'd be more likely not to forget next time. (A helmet doesn't seem like an easy thing to forget before you leave the house -- if you always wear a helmet, wouldn't you notice right away when you get on the bike that it feels different, wind on your hair, etc.? If he forgot to take it but realized shortly after getting on his bike, he could have turned right around and gone back for it.) |
Anonymous
| I would. People overestimate how helpful helmets are. |
mjsmith
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so in 2014 approximately 44 million people older than 6 had ridden a bike with the last 12 months we had a population in the usa of 317 million
in 2014 726 cyclists were killed by cars with 50,000 injuries so 0.1% of the biking population where involved in a accident resulting in an injury. .0016% where killed.... you more likeley to get killed or injured as a pedestrian. the kid broke the house rules...so you need to address that... but here is a list of things that you are more likely to die from than riding a bike in order from most deaths to least don't ever leave the house its a dangerous world... Intentional self-harm Other and unspecified land transport accidents Assault Intentional self-harm by firearm Other and unspecified person Car occupant Falls Accidental poisoning by and exposure to noxious substances Assault by firearm Accidental exposure to other and unspecified factors and sequelae Other and unspecified fall Narcotics and psychodysleptics [hallucinogens] n.e.c. Pedestrian Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation, and suffocation Other accidental threats to breathing Intentional self-poisoning Other and unspecified drugs medicaments and biologicals Other and unspecified means and sequelae Event of undetermined intent Accidental drowning and submersion Exposure to smoke, fire and flames Occupant of pick-up truck or van Inhalation and ingestion of other objects causing obstruction of respiratory tract Complications of medical and surgical care and sequelae Uncontrolled fire in building or structure Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces Motorcycle rider Poisoning Other and unspecified means and sequelae Other fall on same level Assault by sharp object Other and unspecified drowning and submersion Fall on and from stairs and steps Exposure to forces of nature Drowning and submersion while in or falling into natural water Struck by or striking against object Air and space transport accidents Firearms discharge Inhalation and ingestion of food causing obstruction of respiratory tract Exposure to excessive natural cold |