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posted: 4/20/2008 at 4:39 AM |
My mother in law wants to buy my children a trampoline with an enclosure. I have mixed feelings about them; I know they are lots of fun, but am concerned about the risks associated with them. I don't want to deprive my kiddos, but I don't want to spend more time in the ER than is absolutely necessary.
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posted: 4/20/2008 at 12:19 PM |
They're awesome fun!!! My two oldest kids (15 & 13) had a trampoline (without the enclosure) and nearly broke anything on the rare occasions they fell off it, and my nearly 3 year old twins have a trampoline with enclosure and just love it!!
Oh, and they're great exercise for mums too (although not advisable if you have a weak pelvic floor and need to pee!!!)  |
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 1:48 AM
modified: 4/21/2008 at 1:51 AM |
Check with your homeowners insurance. My friend had a trampoline for years , but the insurance company finally saw it and they refused to insure him unless he got rid of it. I guess there have been many, many claims due to injuries.
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 2:06 AM
modified: 4/21/2008 at 2:18 AM |
I've always tried to be a "go with the flow" parent, but I drew the line at trampolines. See the link to the American Academy of Pediatrics paper on them. Part of the abstract reads:
"These data support the American Academy of Pediatrics' reaffirmation of its recommendation that trampolines should never be used in the home environment, in routine physical education classes, or in outdoor playgrounds."
The report states that some "victims were injured when they landed incorrectly while jumping or while performing stunts. Other injuries occurred when the victims fell from the trampoline to the surface below or collided with another person on the equipment. Victims also were injured when they contacted the frame and/or springs while near the edge of the jumping surface." So an enclosure wouldn't prevent a good number of the accidents from occurring. In the US, there were an estimated 38,800 trampoline injuries in 1991, increasing every year to 83,400 in 1996.
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/pediatrics;103/5/1053.pdf
This is a link to a paper on trampoline injuries of the cervical spine: http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=ShowFulltext&ArtikelNr=28929&Ausgabe=226508&ProduktNr=224273
It states that "Trampolines were responsible for over 6,500 pediatric cervical spine injuries in 1998. This represents a five-fold increase in just 10 years."
I guess I've never understood why parents could be so careful to keep their children in properly-secured car seats, but then turn around and buy dangerous toys for them.
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 2:20 AM |
| Our neighbors kitty-corner across the street recently put up a trampoline...no enclosure, no fence, just feet from the street (sort of next to their house on a corner lot, instead of in the back corner of their lot). It's only a matter of time before someone gets really hurt--and I'd not be at all surprised if it were some random kid walking by, since it's such an attractive toy in such a visible and accessible location. DS has already been told in no uncertain terms NOT to go play on that. |
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 2:29 AM |
My kids have a trampoline. They love it. They're 6 and 8 years old.
We've had it for three years, and although we've seen the occasional bumped head, there hasn't been anything serious. I highly recommend using the enclosure and limiting the number of kids on the trampoline at one time. |
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 4:19 AM |
I ALWAYS asked for one as a kid, but my parents never got me one. I'm 27 now and still occasionally remind them of how much they dont love me because i never got one of my own. I'll never let them live it down.
I acutally considered getting one for myself, but we dont have any kids and my husband is nearing 40 so i think it would look weird to the neighbors if we were the only ones using it |
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 9:55 AM |
OMG go for the trampoline!!!! If trampolines were as dangerous as our fear driven society thought they were then they wouldn't be in business. My cousins had one growing up and we did all kinds of crazy jumping around - no one broke anything.
If you get one and are nervous - don't let them jump without adult supervision... you really have to be going wild or have bad luck to fling off of them. Oh and if children want to be on the edge they must sit not stand, and all jumping my be kept toward the center (don't jump too close to the edge)... |
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 11:54 AM
modified: 4/21/2008 at 12:12 PM |
Please ignore the "It never happened to me so it must be ok" crowd and the "My kids love it so you need to get one" crowd and just say no. Trampoline injury statistics are well documented and make them one of the most dangerous toys you can buy your kid. It wasn't the nearly 100,000 injury per year statistic that kept one out of our yard (we have 2 teenage boys), it was that an alarming percentage of them were spinal cord injuries. The occasional sprain and broken bone is a normal part of childhood, but there is no way I was going to put my kids or any of my neighbors kids at a higher than normal risk of a spinal cord injury by supplying them with a trampoline.
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 12:25 PM |
My feeling on this is why risk it. I know of kids who have broken their arms or legs on one and to me it's more trouble than its worth.
We all like to see our kids have fun but their has to be a safer form of entertainment.
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 1:14 PM |
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 1:20 PM |
A year and a half ago, my mother in law, sent us a trampline with enclosure. It was the kids Christmas gift from her. We live in Wisconsin. She thought we should put it in the garage. That did not make sense to me.
We took it back. |
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 1:51 PM
modified: 4/21/2008 at 1:52 PM |
I believe if you do end up getting one you need to have certain rules in place.
Majority of injuries I assume would be caused by landing wrong, collisions with others, or flying off the trampoline to the ground.
Growing up I had plenty of fun on a neighbor friend’s trampoline, which didn’t have any enclosure or padding over the springs.
The worst thing I believe we did on it on a regular basis was go head to head. The only injury I had occurred when I tried kicking my friend in the chest and my big toe ended up coming in contact with his knee. This did result in an ER visit for my fractured toe.
The worst accident I saw was when my buddy jumped off a roof to the trampoline. After the initial bounce, he did a front flip and still had forward momentum to land off the trampoline. And land he did, landing back first into a wooden radio flyer wagon.
Other dumb stuff…
-Jumping over the fence from one trampoline to another
-Jumping off a trampoline to a static object
-Jumping off a trampoline to a non-static object
-Jumping over a fence to a pool
-Getting pinched by the springs
-Getting racked by the springs
-Getting racked by the frame
-Back spinning off the frame
Make sure you’re covered under your home owner’s insurance.
I would also suggest obtaining an umbrella policy. |
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 2:18 PM |
| Quote from ShanHas on 4/21/2008 at 9:55 AM: OMG go for the trampoline!!!! If trampolines were as dangerous as our fear driven society thought they were then they wouldn't be in business. My cousins had one growing up and we did all kinds of crazy jumping around - no one broke anything.
If you get one and are nervous - don't let them jump without adult supervision... you really have to be going wild or have bad luck to fling off of them. Oh and if children want to be on the edge they must sit not stand, and all jumping my be kept toward the center (don't jump too close to the edge)...
Huh, and I could say, "My parents never put us kids in car seats, and WE were never hurt, so why spend money on car seats for our kids?" The logic doesn't follow. Anecdotal evidence is not as valid as the statistics showing how many hundreds of thousands of injuries there have been, including spinal ones. |
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posted: 4/21/2008 at 2:46 PM |
| I hate to add another anecdotal case, but Watertown, NY soccer coach, young (less than 30), in good shape, did a ?somesault/flip, landed on back of neck. Fracture, resulting in quadraplegia. I know they are fun, but I'm just not a fan. |
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