Parents: Watch Out for the Little Rider!

The most important influence on children's safety and their development of safe riding habits is their parents.

It is your role as a parent to:

• Learn this material with your child.
• Attentively and enthusiastically supervise your child during practice sessions. Enjoy this time with your child!
• Use riding practice as a time to constructively and positively encourage your child's riding form and habits. Be sure that tips and instructions in this material are followed.
• Enforce regulations and nurture your child's responsibile citizenship.

For the safety of your child and others, it is equally important that you:

• Reinforce safe riding practices and help your child appreciate the enjoyment of safe riding.
• Be alert for signs of inappropriate riding—clowning around or other behavior that begins harmlessly but, left unchecked, leads to risk and serious consequences.
• Put in place a “zero tolerance” policy toward inappropriate behavior.