Bear Grylls receives backlash after admitting his children never wear helmets

Bear Grylls, UK celebrity adventurer, receives backlash after admitting taking his children paramotoring without a helmet.

Grylls told the English Daily Mail press that he was aware of the risks, however believed that his flying experience and risk management could override any danger.

The ex-army solder admitted that he did not make his sons wear helmets, which is a breach of the UK BHPA regulations, because he preferred to help them get-wise through a better understanding of where danger could from. When asked to elaborate, he told the press that safety on a paraglider was more about protecting one’s back and legs and that wearing a helmet didn’t make it any safer. After someone pointed out that when taking children sailing it was safer for them to wear a life-jacket, Grylls did admit later on that it was indeed safer to wear a helmet when flying and would make sure that his children wore one in future. However, his “bones heel” and “chicks love scars” attitude didn’t go down too well, and has left the public wondering about his parenting skills in general.

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