http://saferbychoice.com/2009/06/fatherhood-is-earned/ A little thought can make all the difference Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:10:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://saferbychoice.com/2009/06/fatherhood-is-earned/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Tim Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:12:56 +0000 http://saferbychoice.com/?p=73#comment-11 Richard, thanks for your response. I think we can agree that the primary point of my post was that as fathers, we should set examples. I have to admit, my view of helmet use is based primarily on a specific instance I know of personally where the helmet was in use, and is credited with affecting the outcome of the incident. He didn't repeat it without the helmet to test his theory :). I overwhelmingly agree that teaching your children the rules of the road is more important. Thanks for stopping buy and sharing your insight and links. Tim Richard, thanks for your response. I think we can agree that the primary point of my post was that as fathers, we should set examples. I have to admit, my view of helmet use is based primarily on a specific instance I know of personally where the helmet was in use, and is credited with affecting the outcome of the incident. He didn’t repeat it without the helmet to test his theory .
I overwhelmingly agree that teaching your children the rules of the road is more important.
Thanks for stopping buy and sharing your insight and links.
Tim

]]> http://saferbychoice.com/2009/06/fatherhood-is-earned/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Richard Keatinge Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:24:47 +0000 http://saferbychoice.com/?p=73#comment-10 I like your attitude to fathering. The specific example is a bit of a shame. The trouble with bike helmets is that the figures don't show that they work - helmet laws have stopped a lot of people cycling and have done nothing for head injury rates, see Robinson DL. No clear evidence from countries that have enforced the wearing of helmets. BMJ 2006;332: 722-5. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/332/7543/722-a. It appears that helmets break easily, but don't absorb the impact, see the engineers quoted at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_helmet. A broken helmet has simply failed, and the widespread anecdotes on the theme of "a helmet saved my life" seem to owe more to wishful thinking than to science. The only known connection is that helmets have strangled a few young children who were wearing helmets while playing off their bicycles. I no longer wear a helmet and haven't pressed them on my children. I do check that their brakes work and that they have a good idea of the rules of the road. I like your attitude to fathering. The specific example is a bit of a shame. The trouble with bike helmets is that the figures don’t show that they work – helmet laws have stopped a lot of people cycling and have done nothing for head injury rates, see Robinson DL. No clear evidence from countries that have enforced the wearing of helmets. BMJ 2006;332: 722-5. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/332/7543/722-a. It appears that helmets break easily, but don’t absorb the impact, see the engineers quoted at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_helmet. A broken helmet has simply failed, and the widespread anecdotes on the theme of “a helmet saved my life” seem to owe more to wishful thinking than to science. The only known connection is that helmets have strangled a few young children who were wearing helmets while playing off their bicycles. I no longer wear a helmet and haven’t pressed them on my children. I do check that their brakes work and that they have a good idea of the rules of the road.

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