From Name: From Email: To Name: To Email: Optional Message: Nearly 1 in 5 parents say their child never wears a helmet while riding a bike from Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan via EurekAlert Despite evidence that helmets are critical to preventing head injuries, not all children wear them while biking, skateboarding and riding scooters, a new national poll finds. Eighteen percent of parents say their child never wears a helmet on a bike ride, and even more say their kids skip helmets on a skateboard (58%) and scooter (61%), suggests the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan. more 7701 Las Colinas Blvd., Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063