true or false: it is irresponsible for parent(s) not to provide their child/children with safety devises such as a bike helmet or seat belt to increase their survivability in the event of an accident
I'm 26, these are my views as i was brought up & now an uncle:
i have found that children learn from their parents ( go figure ) " if my dad isn't wearing one, why should i?", " i won't fall down", " I'm only going down the street".... helmets are used like seat belts. it's the minimum amount of safety equipment required by most state laws to increase survivability in our children. We all know children fall down weather if they are walking down the street or doing stunts with bikes, blades, boards ect.. . Say a 6 foot tall person passes out. that person's head is falling 6 feet. at that distance or any other height it is a fact that persons head may hit the ground and causing an injury. Now put that same 6 foot tall person on a bike, skateboard, roller blades.. ect... now the head is at a greater distance away from the ground. the forward motion from either of the activities such as biking increases the speed it takes for one's head to travel from X-height to the ground and the impact force. By simply wearing a 30$ helmet made out of styrofoam will absorb most of the impact and decreasing the probability of a serious head injury. i don't know, 30$ worth for styrofoam & plastic which is designed to protect the most importance part of the human body or $10,000+ in brain surgery in the worst case scenario. ...,, gee let me think, $30 vs. $10k?.. who says you or your kid isn't going to fall down? who's to say that dog over there isn't going to bust out and knock you over? who's to say that person in that car isn't going see you and is going to back out of the drive way with out looking or open the door right as you pass? so many factors between point A,B,C. much like driving, no one can predict what will happen 2feet or 10miles down the road. Are parents hurting their children's futures by putting it in to their minds that it's "ok" not to wear a helmet because " daddy never did " or " i never was told to ". if i had a child or was driving my brothers or sisters childen for that matter i would put their seat belt on as well as telling them to put on a helmet to increase their safety in the event of an accident not to mention it's also the law and if found that a safety devise wasn't used insurance companies i believe have the right to deny coverage because no action was taken to provide the minimum amount of safety. to me not putting a helmet on a child is irresponsible. helmets, much like a seat belts are there to increase the survival rate, not prevent death. i understand that most kids do not like helmets because they don't like how they look, or it might not fit right. as a hopeful future parent i will do what i can to make sure i get a helmet that fits properly and provide my children with the tools to survive and to pass down to their children. as far as style, well, i'll deal with that one when it comes. next to safety is wearing it properly. i see kids wearing helmets way to high on their heads and exposing their foreheads. parents also need to teach proper wear of safety equipment
am i right? are my values from growing up over the past 20+years and the teachings that have been passed down to me from my parents and years of biking fall in to some sort of line of commonsense and logic, or has my views towards safety over the years been blinded...
I'm 26, these are my views as i was brought up & now an uncle:
i have found that children learn from their parents ( go figure ) " if my dad isn't wearing one, why should i?", " i won't fall down", " I'm only going down the street".... helmets are used like seat belts. it's the minimum amount of safety equipment required by most state laws to increase survivability in our children. We all know children fall down weather if they are walking down the street or doing stunts with bikes, blades, boards ect.. . Say a 6 foot tall person passes out. that person's head is falling 6 feet. at that distance or any other height it is a fact that persons head may hit the ground and causing an injury. Now put that same 6 foot tall person on a bike, skateboard, roller blades.. ect... now the head is at a greater distance away from the ground. the forward motion from either of the activities such as biking increases the speed it takes for one's head to travel from X-height to the ground and the impact force. By simply wearing a 30$ helmet made out of styrofoam will absorb most of the impact and decreasing the probability of a serious head injury. i don't know, 30$ worth for styrofoam & plastic which is designed to protect the most importance part of the human body or $10,000+ in brain surgery in the worst case scenario. ...,, gee let me think, $30 vs. $10k?.. who says you or your kid isn't going to fall down? who's to say that dog over there isn't going to bust out and knock you over? who's to say that person in that car isn't going see you and is going to back out of the drive way with out looking or open the door right as you pass? so many factors between point A,B,C. much like driving, no one can predict what will happen 2feet or 10miles down the road. Are parents hurting their children's futures by putting it in to their minds that it's "ok" not to wear a helmet because " daddy never did " or " i never was told to ". if i had a child or was driving my brothers or sisters childen for that matter i would put their seat belt on as well as telling them to put on a helmet to increase their safety in the event of an accident not to mention it's also the law and if found that a safety devise wasn't used insurance companies i believe have the right to deny coverage because no action was taken to provide the minimum amount of safety. to me not putting a helmet on a child is irresponsible. helmets, much like a seat belts are there to increase the survival rate, not prevent death. i understand that most kids do not like helmets because they don't like how they look, or it might not fit right. as a hopeful future parent i will do what i can to make sure i get a helmet that fits properly and provide my children with the tools to survive and to pass down to their children. as far as style, well, i'll deal with that one when it comes. next to safety is wearing it properly. i see kids wearing helmets way to high on their heads and exposing their foreheads. parents also need to teach proper wear of safety equipment
am i right? are my values from growing up over the past 20+years and the teachings that have been passed down to me from my parents and years of biking fall in to some sort of line of commonsense and logic, or has my views towards safety over the years been blinded...