baby helmets?

mikepegg44
mikepegg44 Posts: 3,353
edited April 2012 in A Moving Train
http://moms.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2 ... elmet?lite

how long before this is mandated? :lol::lol:

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  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    :lol::lol: ohhhh crap ! I think my dead grandparents are even laughing right now. :lol:

    Godfather.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,773
    Oh hell, why don't we just wrap the whole damn kid in bubble wrap! :lol:
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    remember tho ... parents are stupider now ... :lol::lol:
  • javis el errante
    javis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,147
    edited April 2012
    I read hornetts instead of helmets... :fp: and I learnt how to use that smile as well...


    check this out: George Carlin on child worship

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6wOt2iXdc4&feature=related

    and more on children...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo2Y4PzTCOc&feature=related
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  • mikepegg44
    mikepegg44 Posts: 3,353
    javis el errante wrote:
    I read hornetts instead of helmets... :fp: and I learnt how to use that smile as well...


    that changes things dramatically :lol:
    that’s right! Can’t we all just get together and focus on our real enemies: monogamous gays and stem cells… - Ned Flanders
    It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
    - Joe Rogan
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    We have a couple of little kids, and my wife gets this "one step ahead" catalog... Basically all sorts of toys, baby gadgets, safety stuff, etc...

    They have these helmets, along with knee pads for crawling kids, inflatable bathtub bumpers, and all sorts of ridiculous stuff that parents somewhere must be buying.

    I fear that parents who are that over protective of their kids, are only going to get worse as their kids get older.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    javis el errante wrote:
    check this out: George Carlin on child worship

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6wOt2iXdc4&feature=related
    Ah, a Carlin fan! Excellent :)

    The amount of coddling and overprotectiveness these days (and not just of children - of everyone) is ridiculous. How the hell did WE grow up without helmets, back-up sensors on cars, etc.

    What has happened to the concept of being responsible and aware of your (and your children's) actions?
  • javis el errante
    javis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,147
    hedonist wrote:
    javis el errante wrote:
    check this out: George Carlin on child worship

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6wOt2iXdc4&feature=related
    Ah, a Carlin fan! Excellent :)

    The amount of coddling and overprotectiveness these days (and not just of children - of everyone) is ridiculous. How the hell did WE grow up without helmets, back-up sensors on cars, etc.

    What has happened to the concept of being responsible and aware of your (and your children's) actions?


    That's what I tell my mom when my sis brings her boys to be looked after...

    btw, I grew without helmets, and I was a skatedboarder from the age of 10 to 26, and I had a BMX bike as well, never wore helmets, knee pads or whatsoever...

    I'm 35 now, I bought my first cellphone when I was 29, going on 30, by the end of last february I was rob of my smartphone, been without a cell phone ever since, everybody asks me how I manage without the cell phone, and I reply that I managed almost 30 years without a cell phone, I can manage a couple of months more, or for the rest of my life...


    To each its own...
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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Oh this makes me mad and sad in equal measures.

    Some children I work with wear the same helmets at certain times of the day but only because they are provided by therapists due to the children having additional needs, epilepsy, tuberous sclerosis,haemophilia,autism,microcephaly .To sustain even a minor head injury could be life threatening for them.But even those children need to have opportunity to be helmet free and be exposed to every day life.

    For other children who have no additional needs and will be engaging in every day normal play,this is so beyond belief why any parent would deliberately want to single their children out by putting these helmets on them.
    There are millions of parents who would love for their children to be exposed to normal every day risk by not actually needing to wear helmets.We are doomed while this kind of fear takes over the world.

    So fucking sad :cry:
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  • javis el errante
    javis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,147
    if you are shocked by the baby helmets, you will be even more shocked about this...

    http://moms.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/30/10927334-you-want-me-to-sign-what-before-your-kids-party?lite

    I was reading the baby helmets article and I came accross that link at the end of the article... now I understand why kinds need helmets...
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    how ever did past generations ever survive??? damn helicopter parents... LET THE KIDS LIVE FFS!!!!
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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Fall out from this type of parenting is already happening. All the children who were given no boundaries as children are the entitled and spoiled young adults we are already seeing. It just seems like it's going to get worse, unless parents actually start parenting, setting boundaries and taking responsibility.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Jeanwah wrote:
    Fall out from this type of parenting is already happening. All the children who were given no boundaries as children are the entitled and spoiled young adults we are already seeing. It just seems like it's going to get worse, unless parents actually start parenting, setting boundaries and taking responsibility.
    Exactly!

    My dad used to tell me he was my friend - as in, we could talk about anything - but he would always be my parent, first and foremost. He was, and I'm so thankful for that - the ripple-effect it's had.

    It seems like the parents of the spoiled ones you mentioned were/are more interested in the friend part (and it seems not even very good friends, at that).
  • javis el errante
    javis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,147
    hedonist wrote:
    Jeanwah wrote:
    Fall out from this type of parenting is already happening. All the children who were given no boundaries as children are the entitled and spoiled young adults we are already seeing. It just seems like it's going to get worse, unless parents actually start parenting, setting boundaries and taking responsibility.
    Exactly!

    My dad used to tell me he was my friend - as in, we could talk about anything - but he would always be my parent, first and foremost. He was, and I'm so thankful for that - the ripple-effect it's had.

    It seems like the parents of the spoiled ones you mentioned were/are more interested in the friend part (and it seems not even very good friends, at that).

    they may not as well be good friends to their actual friends LOL :lol::D:mrgreen:
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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    A recent poll discovered that a growing number of 16 yr olds are not getting their drivers license. Not because they can't pass the test, but.because they simply don't want to. Doesn't that seem silly? Or lazy? Or too IPhone/Ipad dependant?
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Last-12-Exit wrote:
    A recent poll discovered that a growing number of 16 yr olds are not getting their drivers license. Not because they can't pass the test, but.because they simply don't want to. Doesn't that seem silly? Or lazy? Or too IPhone/Ipad dependant?

    My daughter is not bothered. She's neither silly nor lazy... on the contrary. Obviously, in order to get a license, you need to have driving lessons, pass the test etc. - costs quite a bit. She also knows if she has her license, if she goes out and takes the car (so I don't have to pick up), she can't drink and/or she will be nominated driver most of the time. Furthermore, if she does get a license and drives, she will either need a car or contribute to our car (especially insurance - extremely high for a new driver her age), petrol/gas, etc. She has different priorities for her limited amount of money (eg university costs and a volunteering conservation project for a few weeks - expensive stuff). So I would say my daughter is being quite sensible in not bothering with driving at this time.
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Growing up, there are milestones children look forward to. Age 10, a child is in double digits..yaaay. Age 13, I'm a teenager. Yaaay. Age 16, I can drive. Hip hip hooraay.

    I don't have statistics to back this up, but I would guess if you ask any 13 year old what they look forward to when they turn 16 that 99.9% of them would say "getting my license".

    That being said, I wonder how much influence the parents had on that .1% of 13 yr olds that answered "I would rather go to my conservation camp and save for college"
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Last-12-Exit wrote:

    That being said, I wonder how much influence the parents had on that .1% of 13 yr olds that answered "I would rather go to my conservation camp and save for college"

    My daughter's choice. And a good number of her friends are the same (note: they are not all little 'goody two shoes' kids either). I think only one of the lot bothered with it. Though it would seem that in the US, having a license is a bigger thing than in Europe.

    But you said yourself that a growing number of 16 year olds are not wanting one. Maybe for these up and coming young adults, priorities are different. Maybe they look at their future instead of immediate gratification, realising funds are not from a bottomless pit and choices need to be made. Maybe some 'reject' the car due to caring for the planet. Could be so many other reasons than silliness or laziness. The future is so much more uncertain and difficult for my daughter than it was for me. Guess she (and others her age) realise they are in for a tough ride ahead and do what is necessary. I'm not saying she will never hold a license, just a bit later than 'as soon as it is legally possible'.

    Though I don't see what this has to do with baby helmets....
  • javis el errante
    javis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,147
    redrock wrote:
    Last-12-Exit wrote:
    A recent poll discovered that a growing number of 16 yr olds are not getting their drivers license. Not because they can't pass the test, but.because they simply don't want to. Doesn't that seem silly? Or lazy? Or too IPhone/Ipad dependant?

    My daughter is not bothered. She's neither silly nor lazy... on the contrary. Obviously, in order to get a license, you need to have driving lessons, pass the test etc. - costs quite a bit. She also knows if she has her license, if she goes out and takes the car (so I don't have to pick up), she can't drink and/or she will be nominated driver most of the time. Furthermore, if she does get a license and drives, she will either need a car or contribute to our car (especially insurance - extremely high for a new driver her age), petrol/gas, etc. She has different priorities for her limited amount of money (eg university costs and a volunteering conservation project for a few weeks - expensive stuff). So I would say my daughter is being quite sensible in not bothering with driving at this time.

    I had the same concerns as your daughter 20 years ago: I paid for driving lessons and I learned to drive. I paid for the exam, took the exam, pass the exam and got my license. I was concious about not only the environment, but all the other usual, ordinary and daily things as well. My father offered to buy me a car, I said no, my mother said that I could borrow dad's or my sister's car (which in fact, it belonged to my dad as well) and I said ok, but no, don't need a car, I was not interested in driving at all, or paying for gas, insurance, parking lots, repairments, spare parts or whatsoever, nor being designated driver, plus, I was shortsighted, still am. I got my license and I never drove a car ever since, my license expired in 2006 and I have no intention of renewing it, nor learning to drive again.

    I don't think not wanting to get a driving license should be considered being lazy. Regardless the level of iphone /ipad dependance they may have, teenagers have been raised and have grown in a different world from the one we have. They have other insterests and concerns, most teenagers move to other cities to go to college, they need the money for college, and some go to dorms and some hire something else. Then it's the time to think about geeting a car, if they need it and worths it, or want it even though they don't need it. I celebrate that teenagers aren't interested in getting the license and having a car, there's more to life.
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
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    I have an 18 month old & a 3 month old. Um, yeah. Their heads are made to fall - they get quite hard by crawling age. That's how they learn not to fall, is to fall and bang their heads a few times! WTF!

    I mean, it's scary when it happens the first couple times, but they keep getting up just fine and you stop worrying about it.
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