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Jumping into lakes, rolling down hills, building and riding on bike ramps and climbing tress have been popular childhood pastimes for many years. Today, these activities are referred to as extreme sports, and although you may ask you child to stop partaking in them, you may not always receive a favorable response. The best thing you can do is provide your child with all the proper safety equipment needed and be sure that they wear it each and every time.

There are many broken bones that can be avoided each year from accidents on skateboards and bikes. There are many serious head injuries and even fatalities from improper helmet use or just not wearing helmets. Now I know one of the arguments is that when we were kids, nobody wore protective equipment or helmets and most of us survived. Maybe we were just lucky, I’m sure everybody knows somebody that got hurt badly enough by falling off their bike that a trip to the emergency room was required, maybe even worse.

I am a victim to a bike accident that could have been avoided by the proper safety gear and my friend was rushed to the emergency room, as a child with a head injury, due to the same reason. There was also a boy, that attended my school who was hit by a car while riding his bike, and died from head injury. I am not saying that he would not have died if he had a helmet on, but what I am saying is we will never know and it is better to play it safe then to risk your child’s life. It really is not a difficult task to make sure that your children are wearing the right gear for the right activities.

If you send you child out onto a football field, you would make sure he is wearing his helmet and pads, if they are playing baseball they will have on a cup (if it’s a boy), cleats, and a batting helmet, so why should skateboarding or bike riding be any different. If you do not want to get the whole gear package, at least protect their heads and purchase a helmet. Bones can mend over time, but a brain injury can be serious and often fatal. Most helmets are generic and can be used for rollerblading, skateboarding and bike riding keeping the cost to a minimum.

Just look at the specifications when picking one out and make sure to get the sizing correct. They do make helmets designed just for skateboarding and just for bike riding, so if that is the main use or they are in competition, they may be required to use just one or the other. Along with the helmet, which is the most important, knee pads, elbow pads and wrist guards are a good idea. If they are going to be doing any skating or biking on ramps, which is more dangerous, hip and back pads should be worn.