18/12/2025
➡️I don’t want to be an Ebenezer Scrooge here, but parents should be very aware about what is happening with these e-scooters.
➡️One young teenager I was working with fell off his friend’s e-scooter and was lucky not to acquire a lifelong brain injury, like so many other teenagers have done. It took him a considerable amount of time to get back into school, and he was one of the lucky ones. His life was very nearly irrevocably changed because of one brief moment going to the shop on his friend’s e-scooter.
➡️A statistic that should wake up every parent is that e-scooter incidents have now become the leading cause of traumatic brain injuries requiring admission to CHI at Temple Street, surpassing car crashes, bicycle accidents, falls, and sporting injuries.
➡️Perhaps the best gift you could give your child this Christmas is the gift of parenting... don’t get them that e-scooter they have been pestering you for. You just might save their life.
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