Comment by foxglacier
3 days ago
> save her from wrecks > “watching your white circles”
There's an alternative philosophy that kids will learn safety by experiencing accidents. This only works for types of accident that the kid can reasonably predict. Crashing a bike seems like a perfectly good type of accident to learn from. This is my approach with my kid. Helmet and not going where cars are to prevent serious injuries but otherwise, crash away and I'm not going to save them even if I'm within arm's reach.
> There's an alternative philosophy that kids will learn safety by experiencing accidents.
Do not worry, they will experience falls. It's just good that they don't experience them first thing when they're learning a new thing as they may be put off by the bad experience.