Helmets on scooters
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Topic: Helmets on scooters
Posted By: DJ
Subject: Helmets on scooters
Date Posted: 19 October 2010 at 8:47am
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Hi
I'm just wondering if most people get their kids to wear helmets on their scooters? My nearly 3yr old is getting quite good on her scooter now, and is able to ride it to the park and along the waterfront etc. If she falls off, her tumble seems to be no worse than if she trips over, but I've heard other kids comment (in horror!) to their parents that she isn't wearing a helmet... Does your child wear a helmet on a scooter? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 19 October 2010 at 9:05am
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I just bought Coopers his first Scooter & it says they're supposed to wear helmets, I'm not going to bother at this stage though, I guess I'm going to see how crazy he'll be on it. They're not supposed to ride them til 3 years anyway lol ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 19 October 2010 at 9:31am
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Yep, Amy got her two wheel scooter for her 3rd birthday and part of the present was the helmet. The deal is no helmet not scoot. The same rule came in for Sophie when she got her running bike for her 2nd birthday.
We we going to kindy the other week and the girls were on their scooter & bike and there was a boy and a girl in front of us on their way to school - aged about 6. The boy fell off and cut his head open (not major but there was blood) and Amy said after "he wasn't wearing his helmet was he Mummy? Is that why he hurt himself?" My kids have had enough tumbles and bumps that I would like to reduce the chance of more!!  -------------   
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Posted By: tessie
Date Posted: 19 October 2010 at 10:59am
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Very recently my cousins son "ate" the scooter handlebars and smashed a few of his front teeth. Imagine what else they could do?
No helmet = No scoooter. Sounds good to me lol |
Posted By: MrsMc
Date Posted: 19 October 2010 at 6:28pm
| i dont think theyre really necessary yet. Maybe if the child was going fast down a hill or something but a 3 or 4 yr old surely isnt going to give themselves more than grazed knees on a scooter |
Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 19 October 2010 at 7:06pm
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Lol MrsMc - when my two get going I have to jog to keep up . If they came off, especially down hill, it could be very nasty. -------------
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 19 October 2010 at 7:20pm
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i would probably get my kids to wear one. if they are going down the street or anything they could get hit by a reversing car just as easy as if they were on a bike. its not so much how much damage they could do coming off but what others could do ------------- 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 19 October 2010 at 7:37pm
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I will be getting my kid/s to wear one. I know I never did as a child but I remember kids around me having nasty accidents on them and anything to stop them getting badly injured imo is worth it. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 19 October 2010 at 8:23pm
| J and T both have them, and don't wear helmets, but I think from now on I am going to enforce that rule when they are scootering anywhere apart from home. Taine went up a hill and came down on his face about two weeks ago and we were off to the doctors to check for a broken nose and fractured skull, so yeah, i think helmets are a pretty good idea. And elbow and knee pads. But J wants to go to the skate park with his too. |
Posted By: amme_eilyk
Date Posted: 20 October 2010 at 11:17am
| My kids will definitely be wearing helmets. i remember when my brother thought it was a great idea to try skateboard down our driveway (on his hands and knees as he was still quite little), our driveway was a rock/mud combination so not at all flat and he went over head first into the driveway and had a huge gash on his head. |
Posted By: MrsMc
Date Posted: 20 October 2010 at 10:06pm
i suppose. I must just be stuck back in the day where we never wore helmets for anything, but good point, i didnt realise they would go that fast at a young age |
jaycee wrote:Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 24 October 2010 at 8:43am
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