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If we can't admit to our kids that we're giving them advice from experience then why would they believe us when we tell them not to do something...
I don't think you can win that one
Sometimes it helps more when it comes with a slap to the back of the head also.
The picture above is evidence that you can't knock sense into their heads. Despite it being the only reason he is probably still around I've caught him twice this week "forgetting" his helmet
 

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I don't think you can win that one

The picture above is evidence that you can't knock sense into their heads. Despite it being the only reason he is probably still around I've caught him twice this week "forgetting" his helmet
Yeah, my son refuses to wear a helmet. There's even a really interesting story about a time on the canal crossing at Thunderbird and 59th Ave where he probably would have died without it but...
 

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Yeah, my son refuses to wear a helmet. There's even a really interesting story about a time on the canal crossing at Thunderbird and 59th Ave where he probably would have died without it but...
All we know is he got a concussion and I spent 6 hours in the ER with him. During that time he had the memory of a goldfish. On average for the first 2 hours he would randomly look at me and say "what year is it" every 4.5 minutes

Still waiting on the final bill. But without insurance it would have been over $30k
 

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All we know is he got a concussion and I spent 6 hours in the ER with him. During that time he had the memory of a goldfish. On average for the first 2 hours he would randomly look at me and say "what year is it" every 4.5 minutes

Still waiting on the final bill. But without insurance it would have been over $30k
You guys ever go to the canal bike path? At 59th and Thunderbird there's a steep downhill/uphill bypass for the people wanting a bit of a challenge. Well, I went down it on my mountain bike and my son decided to follow on his little scooter (I forget what those ones are called - the stupid popular ones). I was halfway up the other side when my wife yelled that he was following me. I turned around in time to see him get to the bottom, and the scooter stopped - he didn't. He flew, hit the ground (asphalt), tumbled, and finally stopped. I thought for sure he was dead, but he jumped up and said "I'm good!". Whew!

And then he dropped like a sack of potatoes - yep, definitely dead. Then he started screaming about how much it hurt.

No broken bones, helmet kept his head and face safe but he has road rash from his ankle to his shoulder.
 
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You guys ever go to the canal bike path? At 59th and Thunderbird there's a steep downhill/uphill bypass for the people wanting a bit of a challenge. Well, I went down it on my mountain bike and my son decided to follow on his little scooter (I forget what those ones are called - the stupid popular ones). I was halfway up the other side when my wife yelled that he was following me. I turned around in time to see him get to the bottom, and the scooter stopped - he didn't. He flew, hit the ground (asphalt), tumbled, and finally stopped. I thought for sure he was dead, but he jumped up and said "I'm good!". Whew!

And then he dropped like a sack of potatoes - yep, definitely dead. Then he started screaming about how much it hurt.

No broken bones, helmet kept his head and face safe but he has road rash from his ankle to his shoulder.
I never wore a helmet

Helmet are for smart people

Lol
 

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You guys ever go to the canal bike path? At 59th and Thunderbird there's a steep downhill/uphill bypass for the people wanting a bit of a challenge. Well, I went down it on my mountain bike and my son decided to follow on his little scooter (I forget what those ones are called - the stupid popular ones). I was halfway up the other side when my wife yelled that he was following me. I turned around in time to see him get to the bottom, and the scooter stopped - he didn't. He flew, hit the ground (asphalt), tumbled, and finally stopped. I thought for sure he was dead, but he jumped up and said "I'm good!". Whew!

And then he dropped like a sack of potatoes - yep, definitely dead. Then he started screaming about how much it hurt.

No broken bones, helmet kept his head and face safe but he has road rash from his ankle to his shoulder.
We haven't. He was coming home on Northern from his job. He doesn't remember anything. Sprained wrist, road rash on his face and a concussion. We didn't even know how he got home considering how out of it he was.

We only know from the camera feed on the house that some random stranger brought him home. She pulled into the driveway he got out holding a paper towel to his nose and she wheeled his electric scooter to the front door and she drove off. I've decided to believe she was a good Samaritan rather than that she hit him because otherwise I would lose the little faith I have left in humanity
 
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