My 14-year old son recently bought himself a not-so-inexpensive bike with his own money. On the Monday after the purchase he wanted to take the bike to school. I advised against this as he had a pretty lousy bike lock. “C’mon, dad”, he replied, “who’s gonna steal my bike in this neighbourhood?” (After all, we live in the suburbs and not in the worst part of Toronto where ruffians often steal $500 bikes so they can buy drugs and iPhones.) “C’mon ______” is a routine response heard by many risk management professionals and fathers. Bad things happen, but they won’t…
