</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I tend to go way towards the young end of the scale. It seems there is a "politically correct" movement out there in regards to safety.
To be "politically correct" there has to be 0% chance of injury. It just isn't going to happen. Some people tolerate a "chance" of injury much better than others. I don't even require my kids to wear a helmet riding a bicycle. To me some safety items are waaaaay too overboard EVEN if the thing they are trying to prevent happens to my or my family.
Life has to be lived, not hidden from and living life in near perfect safety isn't worth living anyway. )</font>
I agree with you to an extent. The P.C. movement toward safety of young people is getting out of hand. I mean when you pass laws that state that a kid has to wear helmet and pads to ride a bicycle it is getting a little rediculous and there are areas that have these laws.
My helmet was my hard head and my knee pads were the scabs that I got from raking my knees in the gravel or concrete. I can remember picking rocks out of my knees and elbows three days after a bike accident.
Being around heavy equiptment I have always stressed to my kids that Lawn mowers, tractors and power tools can really get you hurt or worse. They have a healthy respect for these things but Like I said I think I was more mature and responsible when I was half my sons age,
To be "politically correct" there has to be 0% chance of injury. It just isn't going to happen. Some people tolerate a "chance" of injury much better than others. I don't even require my kids to wear a helmet riding a bicycle. To me some safety items are waaaaay too overboard EVEN if the thing they are trying to prevent happens to my or my family.
Life has to be lived, not hidden from and living life in near perfect safety isn't worth living anyway. )</font>
I agree with you to an extent. The P.C. movement toward safety of young people is getting out of hand. I mean when you pass laws that state that a kid has to wear helmet and pads to ride a bicycle it is getting a little rediculous and there are areas that have these laws.
My helmet was my hard head and my knee pads were the scabs that I got from raking my knees in the gravel or concrete. I can remember picking rocks out of my knees and elbows three days after a bike accident.
Being around heavy equiptment I have always stressed to my kids that Lawn mowers, tractors and power tools can really get you hurt or worse. They have a healthy respect for these things but Like I said I think I was more mature and responsible when I was half my sons age,
