Aside from him not wearing a helmet, which is a terrible example. She is wearing hers wrong! (obviously not the 5 yr-olds fault) Her bangs are adorable, but if the forehead isn’t covered by the helmet she could fall and injure her head. Wearing a helmet like this is almost as bad as not wearing a helmet, maybe worse since people think they’re protected.

Maybe I’m old fashioned, but in my opinion sometimes kids just need to do what they are told ie wear a bike helmet even if daddy doesn’t always wear one. I don’t see anything wrong with him tooling around on his bike at what is obviously a slow speed (he’s with her and she’s got training wheels). California law states children under 18 must wear a helmet. So this would be like saying that a parent shouldn’t have an alcoholic beverage around a child because the child can’t have one and its setting a bad example. Again, just my opinion, but there are different rules/laws for children……that’s just the way it goes.

I agree with emmalee! He should be wearing a helmet as well. Parents need to set positive examples.
Her helmet needs to be across her forehead and not so far back.

Beth – it’s been spelled differently in different places. It seems to be Talula though – that’s how both People and Life magazines have spelled it in recent interviews.

It’s nice to see a parent having fun with a child, but the picture showcases one of my pet peeves (celeb and non-celeb alike): parents outfitting their children with bike helmets (and hers looks too high — it should be touching her forehead) and not wearing them themselves. It implicitly conveys the message that they’re unnecessary and/or uncool once you get older.

Patrick looks so smokin’ on what appears to be his LeMond racing bike!