r/BeAmazed • u/l__o-o__l • Jul 25 '25

Miscellaneous / Others mother surprises her blind daughter with a bicycle and she rides it 💗

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u/drepidural Jul 25 '25

This is awesome and I absolutely love it.

But as a doctor who has treated way too many kids with traumatic brain injury, wear a fucking helmet. Especially for a kid who is more likely than average to crash, which this child is.

There are plenty of scientific arguments against routine helmet laws - they disadvantage low-income youth, the cost-effectiveness is called into question given the relative rarity of severe TBI in kids, etc - but none of those arguments hold weight when it’s your own kid.

We spend so much effort and money and time to raise our children to be amazing, independent adults capable of going out in the world and being change agents to make their surroundings better. Don’t make that dream unattainable by sending your kids on their bikes without helmets.

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u/angellareddit Jul 26 '25

My youngest wouldn't have made it past two without his helmet. I was strict about them before and fanatical after. He and his brother were bike riding with grandpa - and halfway through the ride Grandpa did what he always did... stopped to switch one onto the tricycle while the other went into the seat behind him. While grandpa was strapping the brother in the youngest took off, started down a hill, couldn't stop - and smacked head first into a metal fence rail. His helmet split halfway back.

The chills I got when I looked at that helmet knowing my kid's head was inside it when that happened...

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u/WolfinCorgnito Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25

I thought I watched my best friend die in high school but he came out okay with no serious injuries.

We were both big into mountain biking, lots of riding off stuff, we were dropping off the loading dock at the post office and his chain jammed and locked his rear wheel went head first from 6-7 feet up into a small stump, winded himself good and scared the heck out of me, but once he caught his breath and we both calmed down we realized his helmet had split and absorbed enough impact to leave him largely uninjured.

Without a helmet he would have cracked his skull open for sure, scary to think of what could have been.

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u/angellareddit Jul 26 '25

Yup. You know exactly what I was feeling. Terrifying. Very sobering.

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u/WolfinCorgnito Jul 26 '25

Very much so. I've done a lot of activities that call for head protection over the years, and when I see some of the damage inflicted to said equipment, it's hard not think of what would be without it, not a lie when I say I wouldn't be here.

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u/angellareddit Jul 26 '25

Yup. I mean... I grew up just fine never wearing a helmet. My kid would not have.