Steve O: I'm oddly enough a real helicopter parent when it comes to safety. Don't let anyone think you're crazy or extra cautious because you worry about your kids, he says. Make them wear a helmet, watch them like a hawk in the pool, for go the trampoline,. If that's what the data shows, you take them, take them in for their vaccines and check in on them with the parents of the friends whose house they're going over.