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Need a safe trampoline rec
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:40 am
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:40 am
We are considering breaking down and getting a trampoline for the kids. Safety has always been my concern. I've never been concerned about a head injury, I'm more concerned about a knee hyperextending or breaking a leg. So, a couple questions:
1) Are my concerns warranted?
2) Are there any that are easy to break down? We had a smaller one at our old house a few years ago and had to leave it. There's a good chance we'll move again before the end of the year and I dont want to have to eat another one.
Any particular suggestions would be appreciated.
1) Are my concerns warranted?
2) Are there any that are easy to break down? We had a smaller one at our old house a few years ago and had to leave it. There's a good chance we'll move again before the end of the year and I dont want to have to eat another one.
Any particular suggestions would be appreciated.
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Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:41 am to Hot Carl
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getting a trampoline
The orthopedic doctors/surgeons in your city are gonna love you
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:41 am to Hot Carl
Check your homeowners policy. With some policies if you have a trampoline they won't cover anything. In other words they do not allow you to have a trampoline and carry any sort of homeowners policy. There are others that allow you to carry a homeowners policy with a trampoline. However they make it explicitly clear that they do not cover any trampoline related injuries or damages. I had to switch insurance companies
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:42 am to Hot Carl
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safe
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trampoline
Does not compute.
But let your kids have fun if you got good insurance.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:43 am to Hot Carl
Get one with a net around the outside. They are pretty reasonably priced on Amazon.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:45 am to Hot Carl
Trashy
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:47 am to UpToPar
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Need a safe trampoline rec
Get one with a net around the outside. They are pretty reasonably priced on Amazon.
That's a given. Any particular brand, though?
And nurse, any horror stories of he ER? I could be persuaded against it. And of course it's not just my kids. It's scarier that some neighbors' a-hole kids will come over and break their legs..
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:48 am to Hot Carl
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We are considering breaking down and getting a trampoline for the kids. Safety has always been my concern
Would you let your kids play sports because I have a hard time believing that jumping on a trampoline is any more dangerous than tackle football.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:48 am to TigerWise
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Trashy
I live in Ascension Parish. I do believe it's a prerequisite.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:48 am to Hot Carl
Your little snowflake should be safe on this
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:50 am to Hot Carl
We've had one for 6 years and my daughter has never been injured, however when we moved to our new home we went through nine kinds of hell with the insurance company.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:52 am to Hot Carl
I don't work in the peds ER, just on the peds floor. I have cared for numerous kids with elbow fractures that had to stay overnight cause they had surgery.
Some of them falls from trampolines, most of them just falls in general. Kids are clumsy and have lots of energy and get bored easily. As clumsy as I was/am....it's a miracle I didn't have broken bones as a child
Yeah the whole liability thing and the insurance issues with trampolines are why I would never personally own one if I had a child.
Nowadays there are so many indoor trampoline places. Just bring your kid there instead.
Some of them falls from trampolines, most of them just falls in general. Kids are clumsy and have lots of energy and get bored easily. As clumsy as I was/am....it's a miracle I didn't have broken bones as a child
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It's scarier that some neighbors' a-hole kids will come over and break their legs..
Yeah the whole liability thing and the insurance issues with trampolines are why I would never personally own one if I had a child.
Nowadays there are so many indoor trampoline places. Just bring your kid there instead.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:55 am to lsunurse
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Nowadays there are so many indoor trampoline places. Just bring your kid there instead.
That is a good point,
Posted on 12/16/16 at 8:56 am to Hot Carl
I've had one in my trashy back yard for 15 years years and it has been used by dozens upon dozens of kids and drunk adults in that time. Not a single injury. I get the potential liability concerns and nobody wants to see a kid get hurt, but they are probably more likely to get hurt in the lunch line at school.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 9:03 am to Hot Carl
Lawyers and insurance companies know that a trampoline and a swimming pool are the greatest risks for kids. You want any particular suggestions - so unless your kid is training as a gymnast, and no one else will use it, find something else.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 9:05 am to Hot Carl
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Need a safe trampoline rec
There are no safe trampolines.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 9:07 am to Hot Carl
Trashy yes, but I had one for my kids for 3 years until we moved ( I gave it to a neighbor). Kids loved it. My daughter broke her ankle and had to be in a cast for about 3 months doing the old land cross legged routine. I think they're all about the same as far as safety goes. Need the netting and pad, but they all come with that now.
Posted on 12/16/16 at 9:08 am to Hot Carl
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We are considering breaking down and getting a trampoline for the kids
First thing you need to do is check to see if you homeowners insurance allows it. If not, and they see it, you will be getting a letter notifying you that you insurance is being dropped.
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