trampoline

Canada
April 10, 2007 10:55am CST
do you have one for your kids, have they ever gotten hurt on it. it's appearenlty the thing that causes the most injuries to kids in the summer. i don't have one, i'd like one but want to see how dangerous it really is first.
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@Connie1013 (1098)
• United States
10 Apr 07
Yes they can be dangerous. My friend's daughter just fell off of one 8 weeks ago. They rushed her to the hospital. The 8 year old is left handed. When she was getting off the thing (with a net to keep from falling out) she fell on her right arm. She was in the hospital for 3 days and got 3 pins and a cast up to her armpit. If you decide to get one, please, help your child on and off of it.
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• Canada
10 Apr 07
thanks, well i don't think it's worth the risk. we have a pool and she loves swimming so i think we'll just stick with that.
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@Michele21 (3093)
• United States
10 Apr 07
I think they are okay, but you have to be careful! My daughter bumped her head on the springs when she was three and had a huge goose egg on her forehead. I was thankful that she didn't get hurt worse!! It looked horrible. And a guy that my husband works wiith has a three year old little girl and she just torn her knee up from jumping on one. It is a pretty bad injury. But I also think that kids can get hurt on anything, they are more dangerous though.
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@silv3rcut (178)
13 May 07
It is dangerous with more than 2 kids on the trmpoline, my advice buy a safety net. That way they cant fall off.
• United States
23 May 07
i have a trampoline and love them u just got to be careful and people recommend the nets but i can tell you there good but me and my friends were jumping on it and messing around i accidently pushed him off the trampoline and he had a net and the one side of the net riped at the top and he got caught in it and i had to go down and try to get him out of it he was stuck pretty bad and that was when i was like 10 and my friend was only like 80 or 90 pounds so, the net doesn't help as much as u think it helps more than not having one i dont have a net but yea thats your decision hope this helps some