(HealthDayNews) --If your kids won't wear helmets lest they be seen as "uncool," the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests you try these tactics to change their minds:
- Have your children wear helmets as soon as they start to ride bikes.
- Wear a helmet yourself. Children learn more from what you do than what you say.
- Tell your kids what can happen to them if they fall on their unprotected heads.
- Reward them for spontaneously donning a helmet.
- Be consistent. Don't let them ride their bikes without a helmet, even if it's just down the street.
