re:safety & seatbelts
crissyhall
When I was a teenager, I never wore my seatbelt. I didn't care if it
was the law, my parents told me to do it or that it could prevent
serious injury. I was invincible & a rebel ;) I started dating my now
dh and he always wore his seatbelt, and wanted me to also. He could
have *told* what to do, physically done it for me or shamed me, and I
would have thought, "Who does this guy think he is?!" And I wouldn't
be wearing my seat belt and I wouldn't be dating him, much less
married to him. :) Instead he said he wears his seat belt because it
keeps him safe and he really cared about me and didn't want anything
to happen to me. I've been wearing my seatbelt every single time for
the past 17 years :) I love the suggestion about thinking about how
you would want to be treated and do the same for your kids. I don't
always remember, and I don't always come up with a great idea, but I
usually do know what I *wouldn't* want to happen.
Ren, my kids "surf" from the mailbox to the garage too. Funny that
they came up with the same term and we live nowhere near an ocean.
Christine
was the law, my parents told me to do it or that it could prevent
serious injury. I was invincible & a rebel ;) I started dating my now
dh and he always wore his seatbelt, and wanted me to also. He could
have *told* what to do, physically done it for me or shamed me, and I
would have thought, "Who does this guy think he is?!" And I wouldn't
be wearing my seat belt and I wouldn't be dating him, much less
married to him. :) Instead he said he wears his seat belt because it
keeps him safe and he really cared about me and didn't want anything
to happen to me. I've been wearing my seatbelt every single time for
the past 17 years :) I love the suggestion about thinking about how
you would want to be treated and do the same for your kids. I don't
always remember, and I don't always come up with a great idea, but I
usually do know what I *wouldn't* want to happen.
Ren, my kids "surf" from the mailbox to the garage too. Funny that
they came up with the same term and we live nowhere near an ocean.
Christine
Melanie Ilsley
--When we were kids we never wore seatbelts, if our cars even had them, we rode in the
back of trucks, and sat on Dads lap and helped him drive. None of these things are ok for
me. I have mentioned once we were in a car accident when my oldest daughter was 3, the
only thing that saved her-- her car seat had just been installed properly by someone from
the state(two days before). I am very nerotic about seat belts and car seats/booster seats.
If we don't have the right equiptment to ride safe, we don't go. But having said that, I have
never had to force the kids. It has always just been done. In fact THEY remind ME
sometimes.
the reason i chimed in our kids Van Surf in our drive way also-no other cars and we go
slow. melanie in Vt- In [email protected], "crissyhall" <crissyhall@...>
wrote:
back of trucks, and sat on Dads lap and helped him drive. None of these things are ok for
me. I have mentioned once we were in a car accident when my oldest daughter was 3, the
only thing that saved her-- her car seat had just been installed properly by someone from
the state(two days before). I am very nerotic about seat belts and car seats/booster seats.
If we don't have the right equiptment to ride safe, we don't go. But having said that, I have
never had to force the kids. It has always just been done. In fact THEY remind ME
sometimes.
the reason i chimed in our kids Van Surf in our drive way also-no other cars and we go
slow. melanie in Vt- In [email protected], "crissyhall" <crissyhall@...>
wrote:
>
> When I was a teenager, I never wore my seatbelt. I didn't care if it
> was the law, my parents told me to do it or that it could prevent
> serious injury. I was invincible & a rebel ;) I started dating my now
> dh and he always wore his seatbelt, and wanted me to also. He could
> have *told* what to do, physically done it for me or shamed me, and I
> would have thought, "Who does this guy think he is?!" And I wouldn't
> be wearing my seat belt and I wouldn't be dating him, much less
> married to him. :) Instead he said he wears his seat belt because it
> keeps him safe and he really cared about me and didn't want anything
> to happen to me. I've been wearing my seatbelt every single time for
> the past 17 years :) I love the suggestion about thinking about how
> you would want to be treated and do the same for your kids. I don't
> always remember, and I don't always come up with a great idea, but I
> usually do know what I *wouldn't* want to happen.
>
> Ren, my kids "surf" from the mailbox to the garage too. Funny that
> they came up with the same term and we live nowhere near an ocean.
>
> Christine
>
Lesa McMahon-Lowe
Funny, I grew up not wearing seatbelts and as soon as I started driving
myself... I started wearing them... every time. I can't tell you how many
times the seatbelt has kept me from injury... it's kept me from flying
through my windshield in one really bad accident. I figured, I'll take the
small inconvenience of wearing the seat belt (I feel unsafe if I don't wear
one now) than to have my face and body smeared all over the pavement.... or
my body being mangled with the engine. As much as death and gore intrigues
me... I'm not interested in it for myself before my time.
I also think the fact that I (we) have no health insurance keeps me more
aware of safety for myself and my family, too.
Lesa
-------Original Message-------
From: crissyhall
Date: 03/10/06 11:57:51
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] re:safety & seatbelts
When I was a teenager, I never wore my seatbelt. I didn't care if it
was the law, my parents told me to do it or that it could prevent
serious injury. I was invincible & a rebel ;) I started dating my now
dh and he always wore his seatbelt, and wanted me to also. He could
have *told* what to do, physically done it for me or shamed me, and I
would have thought, "Who does this guy think he is?!" And I wouldn't
be wearing my seat belt and I wouldn't be dating him, much less
married to him. :) Instead he said he wears his seat belt because it
keeps him safe and he really cared about me and didn't want anything
to happen to me. I've been wearing my seatbelt every single time for
the past 17 years :) I love the suggestion about thinking about how
you would want to be treated and do the same for your kids. I don't
always remember, and I don't always come up with a great idea, but I
usually do know what I *wouldn't* want to happen.
Ren, my kids "surf" from the mailbox to the garage too. Funny that
they came up with the same term and we live nowhere near an ocean.
Christine
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myself... I started wearing them... every time. I can't tell you how many
times the seatbelt has kept me from injury... it's kept me from flying
through my windshield in one really bad accident. I figured, I'll take the
small inconvenience of wearing the seat belt (I feel unsafe if I don't wear
one now) than to have my face and body smeared all over the pavement.... or
my body being mangled with the engine. As much as death and gore intrigues
me... I'm not interested in it for myself before my time.
I also think the fact that I (we) have no health insurance keeps me more
aware of safety for myself and my family, too.
Lesa
-------Original Message-------
From: crissyhall
Date: 03/10/06 11:57:51
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] re:safety & seatbelts
When I was a teenager, I never wore my seatbelt. I didn't care if it
was the law, my parents told me to do it or that it could prevent
serious injury. I was invincible & a rebel ;) I started dating my now
dh and he always wore his seatbelt, and wanted me to also. He could
have *told* what to do, physically done it for me or shamed me, and I
would have thought, "Who does this guy think he is?!" And I wouldn't
be wearing my seat belt and I wouldn't be dating him, much less
married to him. :) Instead he said he wears his seat belt because it
keeps him safe and he really cared about me and didn't want anything
to happen to me. I've been wearing my seatbelt every single time for
the past 17 years :) I love the suggestion about thinking about how
you would want to be treated and do the same for your kids. I don't
always remember, and I don't always come up with a great idea, but I
usually do know what I *wouldn't* want to happen.
Ren, my kids "surf" from the mailbox to the garage too. Funny that
they came up with the same term and we live nowhere near an ocean.
Christine
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