The Injury Prevention Program (TIPP), a program of the American Academy of Pediatrics, has a few ways to help parents get their kids to wear their bicycle helmets. Of course, they remind parents to be good role models and wear helmets themselves. Children are old enough to start learning to take precautions on their own. Check out the tips from TIPP below:

• Establish the helmet habit early.
• Talk to your children about why you want them to protect their heads.
• Reward your kids for wearing helmets.
• Don’t let your children ride their bikes without their helmets.
• Encourage your child’s friends to wear helmets.
• Make sure everyone in the family wears a helmet on every ride!