If so, what kind? Their bike helmet? A ski helmet? Something else?
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no
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No, we go tubing every other year and the kids have never worn helmets. I've never seen anyone wear helmets while tubing/sledding either!
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@Mamaof2: @HLK208: this is making me feel better. I was ordering a sled on Amazon and all of the "suggested items to go with your purchase" were helmets! I was starting to feel like a degenerate parent.
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@Madison43: hahaha. I've never seen a child wear a helmet sledding either!
Unless you were in my family and made jumps out of ice and snow and had a great potential for injury lol! -
NOPE.
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I have never seen someone wear a helmet while sledding!
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huh, i hadn't even thought of this. i guess if LO were older and going faster and taking risks, i might be "that" parent and make him wear a helmet, but i'm thinking when he's a tween or teenager. do you even use the word "tween" for boys? i'm so out of it.
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Nope, never wore a helmet.
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No we won't have her wear one but I do know of someone who died sledding - they went headfirst into the pole of a fence. In my opinion, you shouldn't have your kid sled down a hill with a fence at the end. Kind of sounds like a recipe for disaster and should have been able to see it coming.
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Never heard of this. Sledding IS super dangerous, though, but we do mini little inclines at this point.
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No helmets here. Granted, we only go in the snow once a year, but no helmets when we do.
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Yeah. I mean ok she hasn't been sledding yet but she'll wear her helmet. A kid got hurt pretty seriously sledding in a park near us. Feet first and helmet until she's maybe a tween/teen. I don't see the difference in safety vs. wearing a helmet when riding a bike unless you're going down a small incline.
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No but we just pull them around. It's a great idea and when they start going down hills maybe we will have them do it. My husband's uncle died sledding as a kid so it's somethings that makes me nervous.
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Parks are closing for sledding around where we are due to lawsuits for injuries sustained while sledding. Crashing into trees and other children is the number one cause. I don't have a sledding age child yet, but I don't know..... Moderate speeds and an inability to control your direction coupled with lots of other kids doing the same things makes me think I will helmet my kid. We helmet them when learning to ski and they are going much slower. so I guess I don't see the difference *except* I'm sure there is the pack mentality of"well no one else's kid is wearing one so it must be ok". That's not ok with me
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No. It never occurred to me. I was the only mom who brought their kid skating without, too. Oops. He wears one for skiing though.
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Certainly not. I just wouldn't sled with a fence or trees at the bottom.
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