To think helmets in every day life are bit OTT?

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Heard recently of one mum who makes her newly-walking baby wear a helmet round the house, another whose DC have to wear helmets on climbing frames in park.

My DD is only 6mo so am not at that stage yet but AIBU to think this is a bit extreme? For cycling or rock climbing, yes, but for walking round your own living room, I'd say no helmet required! Surely kids are built to withstand a few bumps? Or am I being neglectful to not want to protect my daughter?

What's the mn consensus?

YANBU I'm sure I saw the prototype for this type of thing on Dragon's Den once though?

Loons

Oh ffs, more cotton wool children. What next- Michelin suits in case they bang into something?
You are NBU.

Ooh I'd have loved one of them for ds!

Can't see why you'd need them for a NT child though.

madness - they will all be mummified next. In every sense of the word.

Utterly ridiculous.

I am how embarrasing for the poor dc having to wear a helmet whilst on a climbing frame

loons

though a boy at dd's nursery has a helmet-looking thing that is actually to correct flat-head syndrome, not as protection

"Thudguard"!

I don´t know whether to laugh or cry!

Helmets on climbing frames are actually dangerous, because kids have choked in the past on the neck straps. There is a notice at our local playground showing a bike helmet with a big cross in front of it.

Quite apart from that it's a profoundly silly idea.

These were on The Apprentice this year or last - never thought they would take off as they are such a ridiculous idea!

Poor kids - how embarrassing for them .

Absolutely insane, I would assume something was wrong with the child's head if I saw a kid wearing that.

Complete bloody madness.

I've seen these for sale somewhere - They look utterly ridiculous.

LOL! I've seen it all now - and why would you want a pack of 10?!

Oh FFS, why would you put this on your child? And it wouldn't protect them from everything anyway - DD3 (18mo) fell off the sofa on Saturday and banged her front teeth on the table hard enough to leave teeth marks. Luckily, there's no lasting effects.

Anyway, my point is that even if she'd been wearing one fo those helmets, she'd still have banged her teeth, and looked a pillock into the bargain.

They will have a detrimental effect on the child's development. When a small toddler climbs into a sofa and falls off, you would hope that if they hurt themselves, they will learn not to do it again. If they have a helmet on and don't hurt themselves, how will they learn that falling is dangerous?

mine have never done this although the amount of head injuries we seem to have mabe the should be!

yanbu, I remember seeing them on the apprentice earlier this year and thinking wtf?

Although my poor clumsy dd has clonked her head so many times maybe she should have one!

Actually it would make a good Xmas present for MIL who loses her bearings after a sweet sherry.

pmsl deadei

Maybe they should be remarketed for old people.