To ask my DDs to wear helmets when they go out on their bikes?

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Because I'm starting to feel like an overprotective mother (and I so am not one of those!). All the other children in the street don't wear helmets, and my DDs are so good at keeping theirs on, but I know it annoys them.

The thing is that, unlike most of the decisions DH and I have made about parenting, we've just swallowed the standard advice about helments, without researching the ins and outs of them. So what's the deal?

Am I being overprotective? Or haven't I read enough research and arguments to make an informed decision?

This poor boy was killed last week despite wearing a helmet.he was my friends gs best friend.Its a terrible tragedy

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one interesting thing in London- the launch of the new cycling scheme (Boris Bikes) has seen a massive increase in people cycling around without helmets. (Who has no bike, but has a helmet?)

So I think we may see helmetless cycling being normalised again.

Hmm I'll still be wearing one.

Would far rather I had a helmet on when my head hit a curb than not.

I do what Tortoise does. (You're in our family, you follow our rules and other people just do things differently.)

My DS2 has severe balance problems caused by his hearing loss and wearing a helmet enables him to do stuff safely that would be madness to let him do without. I don't feel overprotective of him. The helmet gives him a chance to lead as normal a life as possible; to ride bikes, scooters etc without having to visit A&E afterwards because he's hit his head again.