Wearing Bike Helmets for the Summer
Summer is here and you know what that means, bikes, water toys and lots of time 
outdoors. So how does a mom/dad prepare for those kids being home all day and on the loose? Using safety is the best way, when it comes to kids there are over 280,000 accidents that occur from bikes every year and I’m not meaning motorcycles but bicycles.
Safe Kids, the first and only international nonprofit organization dedicated solely to preventing unintentional childhood injury, estimates that more than 130 children die from bicycle-related injuries, and more than 280,000 are treated in emergency rooms. And in a recent Safe Kids report, “Headed for Injury,” of those children wearing helmets, one in three children are not wearing their bike helmets properly – putting them at risk.
The first safety rule should always be your kids know the signs of the road, #2 should be that they have the proper gear. If they are riding a bike, scooter, skates, etc they should be wearing a bike helmet. But not just any helmet or one that is just on top of their heads. I’ve seen too many times where a child just wears a helmet but never buckles it up. It must be buckled correctly, tightened but not too tight or too loose and off they can go. Bells Sports has a helmet line that does not allow a child to wear it wrong and a parent can feel great about it. I got a few to review which will be coming up shortly, they have them in all sizes so there is no guessing your child’s size and instructions for those that may not know how to put them on. For the toddler that loves to unsnap things, these are slightly harder so they can’t, which means mom and dad must. A definite bonus. Reviews coming up.
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