Parents, like the rest of us, are on a spectrum when it comes to risk. At one end, you will find parents who choose to buy spongy knee pads to protect their crawling babies. At the other, you will find parents like the Schonrocks, who passionately believe that their children will only become responsible people if they are given the chance to learn from their experiences - even if that means accepting that things might go wrong.
In truth, the chances of that are pretty low in their case. After all, the children were riding through the leafy streets of Dulwich, not the Gaza Strip; mostly on pavements, with lollipop ladies on hand for the crossings. In many European countries, two under-nines on bikes would not merit a second glance.
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