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Originally Posted by DoubleF
Not trying to attack your position, but there are multiple places you can get an injury. A helmet aims to help to prevent irreversible life changing injuries to the head.
Even if we don't go to the full extreme for head trauma, if someone has a gash or scar on their head/face that is preventable by a helmet, do you think they would prefer to have had a helmet if they could get a mulligan on the situation?
Personally, the look of kids wearing helmets on small hills is still odd to me, but I completely understand why the kids are wearing helmets.
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I don't actually have a position. I was really just asking about helmet design and function. I could have sworn I heard a radio broadcast on brain injuries and Doctor they were interviewing was saying that helmets protect the skull, but not always the brain. However, bike helmets can displace some energy when the foam breaks in two. The question was not intended to be pro or anti helmet.
My little sister got a minor concussion while sliding when she was pretty small. It was a very minor roll off the side of a sled. I don't think a helmet would have changed anything.
Sledding can be very dangerous. My daughter just turned 3 and I have another one on the way. I never thought about helmets while sliding before, but I guess now is the time to look at it. So far she has only done very small hills where Daddy has always been in a position to grab her.
On a related note, my little girl had a vaccination/public health appointment a couple weeks ago when she turned 3 and the nurse was shaming me for letting her ride her tricycle in the garage without a helmet.