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Yes, of course, flips and tumbling for kids are a must. As a child when I knew of kids who had the big trampolines, I always found my way to their backyard to jump. I would suggest big pads surrounding the trampoline for the unskilled jumper. Often times a few launches off the trampoline quickly make the jumper realize their limits. Every child should experience the big jumping trampolines.
Not a fan of backyard trampolines, because I broke my leg when I was about ten using one. Plus, my oldest child knocked out his two front teeth after colliding with another child in a bouncy house at an elementary school birthday party. I do understand the appeal of trampolines, though, so I enrolled my kids in gymnastics classes where they used them with proper supervision.
Our kids love it. Of course there was a recent news story about injuries occurring there. *shrug* You're jumping around and doing flips (which are allowed per the rules) there is a chance you are going to get hurt. Part of life.
If we had a bigger backyard I'd get a trampoline for the house.
I haven't read the thread, but I'll just say this: My dad always called trampolines Arm Breakers. He'd see a new one the day after Christmas in someone's backyard and he'd say, "Oh, I see they bought their kids an Arm Breaker for Christmas. What fun for everyone!"
I haven't read the thread, but I'll just say this: My dad always called trampolines Arm Breakers. He'd see a new one the day after Christmas in someone's backyard and he'd say, "Oh, I see they bought their kids an Arm Breaker for Christmas. What fun for everyone!"
I broke my arm riding a bike. A friend of mine broke hers walking a dog. Things happen.
I know your dad was being silly. I'm just saying, for the purposes of this thread, possibility of injury isn't a great reason to not engage in something fun IMO.
I think it's fine that some families enjoy trampolines, but it was not for us. I vividly remember that broken leg, and while lots of childhood experiences come with risk of injury, backyard trampolines exceeded my risk threshold. YMMV.
I broke my arm riding a bike. A friend of mine broke hers walking a dog. Things happen.
I know your dad was being silly. I'm just saying, for the purposes of this thread, possibility of injury isn't a great reason to not engage in something fun IMO.
Yes, he was just being silly.
I broke my arm jumping off the front porch in the rain when I was 12! No trampoline required!
I think it's fine that some families enjoy trampolines, but it was not for us. I vividly remember that broken leg, and while lots of childhood experiences come with risk of injury, backyard trampolines exceeded my risk threshold. YMMV.
Heaven forbid that I would take some sort of moral position on trampolines, considering each family and each child within each family is so different.
That being said, knowing my children, I decided against trampolines, and have no regrets. Mine managed to end up in the ER on a fairly regular basis without the added drama of a trampoline. I can only imagine the ER bills if we'd had one. Heck, I ended up taking my son to the ER once when he hurt himself on someone ELSE'S trampoline!
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