Occasional or regular non-bike helmet cyclist?

[hebe]

Hard to understand how to make children wear them, but parent not wear a helmet.

Hebe, Canada has stricter gun control laws than U.S. But our police officers on the street are armed with gun holster, etc.

The logic as I understand it is that childrens' skulls are softer and still growing, and that children are intrinsically more likely to come off their bikes (exhuberance, lack of experience etc), therefore a helmet makes sense. Small girl wears one whenever in the trailer or on her bike, non-negotiable. I always wear one too when towing her. I actually walked the bike part of the way back from nursery yesterday after she managed to get her helmet off and wouldn't put it back on. No helmet, no speed faster than slow walking.

Pax, shootingstar, thank you. I learn so much here. Pax, I'm glad I didn't know that at the time though