Bumps and bruises are part of growing up, but with the safety equipment available today, a bad spill off a bike or roller blades doesn't necessarily have to mean the day of fun is over.

According to the National SAFE KIDS Campaign, head injuries are the most serious and common injury from bike riding, skateboarding, scooters and inline skating, but even with helmet laws and aggressive campaigns to promote the use of helmets, statistics show that less than 25% of children actually wear them. Simple precautions can go a long way...

• Get an approved helmet and make sure it's fitted properly.
• Make sure to get the right protection for the sport. For example, 1/3 of all skateboard accidents occur during the first week of learning how to skateboard and almost all of them are wrist injuries... easily preventable with wrist guards.
• If your child is going to be bike riding, make sure they have the right sized bicycle.
• If they're riding or skating on the street, make sure they understand the traffic rules.

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