Helmets make you feel protected; you start pushing yourself further than your abilities allow. I snowboarded for over 15 years with no lid; trees, double blacks, chutes, rock gardens, powder bowls: not one concussion. I’ve known many people who became over confident because of their helmet and ended up breaking something.
Consequences and fear are tools to be used properly.
‘80’s babies didn’t have bubble wrap either. The mid nineties was the beginning of political correctness (read:post modern Marxism) and the beginning of the decline of western civilization.
Consequences and fear are tools to be used properly.