Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

To make DD wear a helmet when on scooter?

58 replies

PurpsandScoots · 04/08/2018 15:51

DD is 3 so she has no opinion.

She’s got a scooter which she likes to ride to Nursery. As is normal with toddlers she’s not exactly steady on it and does sometimes fall off so I’ve been making her wear a basic helmet (you know like the ones you get in Halfords when buying a push bike?)

But I keep getting funny looks and my mum says there’s no need for a helmet on a scooter.

AIBU?

OP posts:
BetterEatCheese · 04/08/2018 22:13

I get funny looks and I don't care - dd is 7 and has never been on her bike or scooter without a helmet. I would much rather have funny looks and defend my decision than dd have a cracked head. No brainier

BetterEatCheese · 04/08/2018 22:13

I get funny looks and I don't care - dd is 7 and has never been on her bike or scooter without a helmet. I would much rather have funny looks and defend my decision than dd have a cracked head. No brainier

BetterEatCheese · 04/08/2018 22:14

Whoops sorry it told me it hadn't posted 3 times!

Kitsandkids · 04/08/2018 22:28

My 2 are 9 and 10 and always wear helmets. They often cycle or scoot to school, as do several other children, and are generally the only 2 with helmets. Recently a boy at their school fell off his bike on the way to school. I did raise with a teacher on the gate that I was surprised school didn't insist children wore helmets if scooting/cycling to school. Teacher's argument was that they couldn't force people to buy their kids' helmets. My argument was that they could refuse to allow children to bring their bikes/scooters unless they were wearing a helmet.

Itchytights · 04/08/2018 22:33

Genuinely I couldn’t give a toss what anyone thought; my children have always always worn helmets both with bikes and scooters.
No helmet = No bike/ Scooter
My two are 7 and 4.

If anything, I find it incredibly ignorant and stupid of the parents when I see children without helmets. I cannot understand why anyone wouldn’t protect their child by not insisting their child wears one .

YANBU and don’t give a rats arse what other people think. So long as your child is safe that’s all you should be worrying about.

NualaCassia · 04/08/2018 23:31

Mine are 9 & 7 and wear helmets on their scooters but it’s normal around here. The rare few that don’t wear helmets stick out like a sore thumb.

Scrolblewomp · 04/08/2018 23:41

Having seen the speed and angle that my three year old can corner on his scooter. Yes.

Bambamber · 04/08/2018 23:47

Coming off a scooter usually happens face/head first, insist on the helmet!

New posts on this thread. Refresh page