Trampoline

[Moliere]

Trampoline

This kind of limited thinking is why they put you in a cubicle and tell you to add up numbers.

I have an office! Actually, I have two offices, but who's counting?

[Copelius]

Sam's has a 15' one on sale this weekend for $199--regularly $350

Get the one from Sam's. I have had mine for 5.5 years and it is just fine. I don't do any winter take down either. The kids love it when it has snow on it.

[Pelado]

This kind of limited thinking is why they put you in a cubicle and tell you to add up numbers.

Sometimes they let us subtract, multiply, and divide. Mostly special occasions.

[Jeff Lebowski]

He'd rather that you were the one exposed to all that liability.

See what I mean, Moli? It is critical thinking skills like this that have landed falafel a cushy job in corporate law.

[hostile]

I don't see an ambulance ride. I see an attractive nuisance.

I see plenty of trampoline injuries - usually broken arms. More concerning less frequent are head/neck injuries.

One of the first things we bought when we moved back was a trampoline and have had it for nearly 10 years. We have had one broken collarbone - 4y old daughter - which has healed uneventfully. My kids love it. They know how to be safe and it helps with their balance. My older kids say it helps with skiing. Are there risks? Sure. But not enough for us to get rid of it.

[clackamascoug]

We had a 15' in-ground for about 10 years raising our kids. Not one kid ever required a trip to the urgent care, and no stagnant water ever accumulated underneath.

I can also say that marital relations are possible, but not advised.

[fusnik]

Tramps are the best.

Sleepovers, inviting girls over to make out underneath, escaping death multiple times, the inevitable broken arm, and finding out which one of your friends parents are lame.

I always thought they looked dumb in the ground. And plus you can't move it.

[imanihonjin]

Tramps are the best.

Sleepovers, inviting girls over to make out underneath, escaping death multiple times, the inevitable broken arm, and finding out which one of your friends parents are lame.

I always thought they looked dumb in the ground. And plus you can't move it.

Is this a reference to some parents not letting their kids jump?

[Sullyute]

I have an attorney friend in our neighborhood. Back when we had a trampoline, his kids were CONSTANTLY over at our house jumping. I asked him why he didn't have one at his house. "Too dangerous. Don't want to be exposed to that much liability."

That always made me laugh.

There is only one trampoline in our neighborhood. It is at the old bishop/new stake president's house. All of the neighborhood kids go and jump on it. He even offered it to one of the parents of the kids that use it the most and they declined. They preferred that it take up space in his yard instead of theirs.

[ERCougar]

5+ years and zero injuries so far (knocking on wood).
Our net is a mess and the tramp's currently sitting on a concrete basketball court. I'm tempting fate.

[Copelius]

I see plenty of trampoline injuries - usually broken arms. More concerning less frequent are head/neck injuries.

One of the first things we bought when we moved back was a trampoline and have had it for nearly 10 years. We have had one broken collarbone - 4y old daughter - which has healed uneventfully. My kids love it. They know how to be safe and it helps with their balance. My older kids say it helps with skiing. Are there risks? Sure. But not enough for us to get rid of it.

When the kids' pediatrician chided us for having a trampoline, we asked if his kids had one. Sheepishly he acknowledged ownership.

[Katy Lied]

I'm thinking of getting these Trampoline Bounce Boards. Does anyone have them? Are they fun? Are they relatively safe? And for heaven's sake why are they so expensive?

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[Katy Lied]

Here is a wussy mother:

Okay, maybe I exaggerate. But only barely.We have new next-door neighbors. The parents are delightful and their 6-year-old son, whom I’ll call Luke, is very sweet. He’s the same age as my younger daughter, so they, and my 9-year-old daughter, play together constantly. Best of all, they mostly play outside. Along with other kids in the neighborhood, the children are now always on their bikes or scooters, or our previously pathetically underused backyard swingset, or playing hide & seek, and so on. It’s like my kids have developed a whole new appreciation for playing outside, and my husband and I couldn’t be happier.
But my heart sank this past Saturday when my oldest daughter burst into the house, exclaiming, “Luke’s dad is putting up a huge trampoline!”
See, I have a strict no-trampoline policy. I simply cannot get on board with trampolines. As the health director here, I help spread the word of the American Academy of Pediatrics, which actively discourages kids using at-home trampolines. Nearly 100,000 kids end up in the ER each year due to trampoline accidents. (My own nephew broke his sternum on one.) And between one-third and one-half of those injuries occurred while adults were supervising. In our June issue, which we just shipped, we published a tweet from pediatrician Jaime Friedman, M.D., who said, “Trampolines are an orthopedic fracture machine.” Knowing all of this, how could I ever forgive myself if my children got hurt on one?
Trampolines Not Safe for Kids, Pediatricians Say

https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/why-...141577819.html

I don't get it. There were 515,000 ER visits for bicycle injuries in 2010. (These are adults and kids, but kids and teens make up 60% of all bike injuries, so still more than trampolines.) And motor vehicle ER visits are way higher. Are you going to tell your kid not to ride a bike? Are you going to walk your kid to practice instead of ferrying him in a car?

[TripletDaddy]

speaking of wussy mothers, did you decide against taking your son to see Mad max because it has an f word?

[Dwight Schr-ute]

Here is a wussy mother:


https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/why-...141577819.html

I don't get it. There were 515,000 ER visits for bicycle injuries in 2010. (These are adults and kids, but kids and teens make up 60% of all bike injuries, so still more than trampolines.) And motor vehicle ER visits are way higher. Are you going to tell your kid not to ride a bike? Are you going to walk your kid to practice instead of ferrying him in a car?

That's funny. She mentions how excited she is that the kids are now all over their bikes, scooters and backyard swing set. It's good she hasn't had to worry about injuries until now.