RE: Sports bike or not + two never-before-seen photos! [Viewer discretion advised] 😂
As my bride of 45 years Always says when there is the least bit of danger with any activity, be safe and wear your helmet. The wear your helmet advise is just a blanket statement that she uses to let us know how much she loves us and that safety is paramount on her mind. Having three boys, and a girl that is probably more adventurous then her brothers, wearing a helmet is great advice.
Our daughter is 29 now and back when she was only 17, we took a short weekend excursion to visit some friends. Before going we told them to stay safe and be careful. When we got home we asked how their weekend went. When Erica told us that her and her brother had gone skydiving over the weekend, I thought farm-mom was going to drop dead right there. Our daughter's reply was, " at least I wore a helmet.
She told her mother that it was not too dangerous, as this being her first time she jumped in tandem with an instructor. The girl has been jumping out of perfectly good airplanes ever since.
Seems like you raised some sensible kids. The old wear a helmet ethos has worked...Although I'm not sure about jumping out of planes unless they're on fire or you're James Bond! Not my idea of fun although it must be exhilarating. Not sure what a helmet would do if things went badly...😉
Common sense, ownership and responsibility need to be applied equally and in good measure in all things.
Got you on that helmet thing being of little help. Thanks for the compliment @galenkp with how we raised our kids. Not that putting the time in that is necessary, if you expect your children to grow up to be moral, and productive citizens, is a guarantee, it sure does give them a better chance. There are so many temptations out there these days, that were not around back in the day , staying on the right track will always be a challenge regardless of a parent's involvement @galenkp
I'm not a parent but often comment to my wife, who is also not a parent, on how hard it must be. We also make many observations of parents probably not being as proactive as they can. We try to reserve judgement as we aren't parents, but sometimes it's unavoidable.
On the flip-side we some some excellent parenting and know that there are some amazing role-model-parents out there.