How A Child Carrier For Bikes Puts Safety Up Front

There’s good news for parents who want to introduce young children to the joy of bicycle riding but are concerned about safety. A safer bicycle ride for both parents and young children may be available thanks to what’s been described as a design breakthrough in child carriers. Even with a proper helmet, many parents find it challenging to ride with their child behind them. Some are fearful that sudden moves on the part of the child can make it difficult to steer and maintain balance. Others have reported that it’s common to be kicked when the child rides behind in a standard carrier. All that may be changing thanks to a family-owned company called Kent Bicycles. They’ve developed a child carrier that mounts in front of the person powering the bicycle. Called The Kangaroo, the carrier is said to make riding with a small child safer and more fun. The carrier offers what the company calls an interactive approach to bicycling. That’s because with the child in front of the driver, it’s easier for parent and child to interact and communicate. It’s also easier for the parent to maintain control of the child’s movements. Plus, since they are riding up front, “where the action is,” children are likely to find the ride more interesting and entertaining. Experts say that since the carrier is mounted in the center of the bike, and not the rear, it is safer and gives the bike and the riders more stability should a child shift his or her weight. The Kangaroo is designed for children from 10 months to four years of age. The company’s history dates back to the early 1900s. Its bikes and related accessories are said to incorporate the latest advances in design and technology at an affordable price. The company refuses to ship a product until it is confident it is safe enough to be used by the families of its employees. Leaving home and beginning your college career can be absolutely wonderful and extremely stressful. So whether you are a senior in high school preparing to go to college or you are at college looking for information about how to adjust to this huge change that has become your life, the following advice from an experienced teen life coaching may be for you. You are entering college, a new world. You have left everything that is familiar to you behind, including, your family, friends, and school, community and your dog and cat. You may be an hour away by car or six hours away by plane. You are feeling out of sorts, lonely, too much time on your hands, awkward, etc…. Your roommates are not saying any of this out loud and neither are you. You want to call home and tell your parents that you just made the biggest mistake of your life and they should get in the car immediately or send you a ticket to come home. However, as you look around at the upper classmen, they look like they are okay, have it all together, wow- they even have friends! You are determined to figure out what is going on with you. “Why am I so homesick?” you wonder. The first thing I want you to know is that your feelings are 100% normal and that the majority of freshman are experiencing exactly the same thing that you are. I have put together for you a list of things you can do to feel better. This is not a recipe, with each ingredient dependent on the other, rather these are choices you can make to make this huge transition into college life and get rid of the homesick blues.