Trampolines -- Yeah or Nay? (classes, elementary school, American, dad)
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If you choose to buy a trampoline despite the risks, follow these important safety rules:
Use safety nets and pads. Install a trampoline enclosure — a special net designed to surround the trampoline — and cover the trampoline's frame, springs and surrounding landing surfaces with shock-absorbing pads. Regularly check the equipment for tears, detachments and deterioration.
Place the trampoline on level ground. Make sure it's a safe distance from trees and other hazards.
Limit trampoline activity. Allow only one person to use the trampoline at a time. Don't allow somersaults or other potentially risky moves on the trampoline.
Don't allow unsupervised jumping. If you use a trampoline ladder, always remove it after use to prevent unsupervised access by children.
A trampoline is an accident waiting to happen. There are a lot of things I would have bought my Sons when they were younger, but never one of those.
I have heard of insurance agents seeing one on a clients property and cancelling their insurance policy. There is a reason insurance companies hate them............a good reason.
A trampoline is an accident waiting to happen. There are a lot of things I would have bought my Sons when they were younger, but never one of those.
I have heard of insurance agents seeing one on a clients property and cancelling their insurance policy. There is a reason insurance companies hate them............a good reason.
Don
I agree and think anybody who would buy one is in denial and is tempting fate. There are so many other fun things for kids to do.
I'd rather have a trampoline and bicycles and horses for my kids so they can get out some of their energy than have to drug them so they'll sit still in school.
A trampoline is an accident waiting to happen. There are a lot of things I would have bought my Sons when they were younger, but never one of those.
I have heard of insurance agents seeing one on a clients property and cancelling their insurance policy. There is a reason insurance companies hate them............a good reason.
Don
A football and 20 men is an accident waiting to happen, and yet parents knowingly encourage their children to get involved from the time they are old enough to hold the football (and in some cases, even before that).
Wrestling is an accident waiting to happen but how many parents do you know who buy their kids WWF stuff and encourage them to engage in the sport at school?
We had pogo sticks, roller skates, and bicycles growing up. We fell plenty, bumped into things, broke bones, had cuts and scrapes, the whole shebang. It was part of childhood, part of growing up, part of learning how to be careful and how to learn to measure risks vs. reward. If mommy protected us from risks by preventing us from the experience of engaging in those risks, we would have grown up having absolutely no idea how to protect ourselves from new risks, when mommy was gone.
I think trampolines are another of those kinds of risks. Does it mean Junior should be required to break his leg on one? Absolutely not. Does it mean that Junior should not be afraid to try and succeed and NOT break his leg, by trying to jump on one? Very certainly yes.
Or you could just buy him a pogo stick. Or a skateboard, or rollerblades, or any other incredibly risky sports equipment items that can cause Junior to break a leg, yet interests him nonetheless.
Or you can bundle him up in swaddling and keep him safe and cozy and pick his girlfriends for him - just like...
A football and 20 men is an accident waiting to happen, and yet parents knowingly encourage their children to get involved from the time they are old enough to hold the football (and in some cases, even before that).
Wrestling is an accident waiting to happen but how many parents do you know who buy their kids WWF stuff and encourage them to engage in the sport at school?
We had pogo sticks, roller skates, and bicycles growing up. We fell plenty, bumped into things, broke bones, had cuts and scrapes, the whole shebang. It was part of childhood, part of growing up, part of learning how to be careful and how to learn to measure risks vs. reward. If mommy protected us from risks by preventing us from the experience of engaging in those risks, we would have grown up having absolutely no idea how to protect ourselves from new risks, when mommy was gone.
I think trampolines are another of those kinds of risks. Does it mean Junior should be required to break his leg on one? Absolutely not. Does it mean that Junior should not be afraid to try and succeed and NOT break his leg, by trying to jump on one? Very certainly yes.
Or you could just buy him a pogo stick. Or a skateboard, or rollerblades, or any other incredibly risky sports equipment items that can cause Junior to break a leg, yet interests him nonetheless.
Or you can bundle him up in swaddling and keep him safe and cozy and pick his girlfriends for him - just like...
My kid uses her one pretty much every day and there's always kids on the bigger one in the communal garden. My OH's little sister had a smaller one for years which she used a lot and now just got a bigger one because she still uses it so much and the other kids that come round want to jump too.
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