monkey bars are dangerous

[Anonymous]

I enjoyed this.

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2012/10/how_dangerous_are_monkey_bars_risky_play_and_the_case_for_banning_unsafe.html

[Anonymous]

Yep broke my arm on them in 1984, after accidentally flipping upside down and landing on a non-mulched surface. Ah, the 80's.

[Anonymous]

I think being afraid of everything that looks mildly difficult is even more dangerous.

My 9 year old mokeys bars it up all the time. A playground near us was recently renovated and she has told me many times that it's now too babyish and she doesn't like it anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anyone know if he's referring to Jamestown Elementary in Arlington?

[Anonymous]

The article says--

Have parents advocated for the end of the monkey bars at Jamestown Elementary? Despite the helicoptering moms and dads buzzing around our suburban Virginia enclave, Kenwyn Schaffner, my daughters’ principal, says they have not.

[Anonymous]

Lol, yeah my brother broke his arm on the monkey bars- mid 80s, prob in first grade...and had to walk a half mile home by himself holding it! Omg different times...

[Anonymous]

My husband is an Orthopaedic surgeon and says that all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yep broke my arm on them in 1984, after accidentally flipping upside down and landing on a non-mulched surface. Ah, the 80's.

as are swingsets from the 70s

as I broke BOTH arms falling off a swing at the age of 3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband is an Orthopaedic surgeon and says that all the time.

And yet amazingly these kids survive!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband is an Orthopaedic surgeon and says that all the time.

Well, sure. The orthopedic surgeon sees the kids who break bones. He don't see the vast majority of kids who play on trampolines and monkey bars who don't break bones. Observer bias. I'll admit that kids who sit quietly under the tree smelling flowers are not seen by the surgeon, either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know if he's referring to Jamestown Elementary in Arlington?

Yes, he is.

[Anonymous]

Our school won't let the kids run on the playground because they might fall on the mulch or run into the playground equipment.

Safety sounds great, but there is nothing risk free. They are trading the risks of playground equipment for the risks of obesity and sedentary life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband is an Orthopaedic surgeon and says that all the time.

Well, sure. The orthopedic surgeon sees the kids who break bones. He don't see the vast majority of kids who play on trampolines and monkey bars who don't break bones. Observer bias. I'll admit that kids who sit quietly under the tree smelling flowers are not seen by the surgeon, either.

F you. He sees kids that break all kinds of bones from all kinds of injuries. A large portion of these injuries are from monkey bars...more so than any other playground equipment. But way to be an ass.

[Anonymous]

Showers are dangerous. Maybe we should outlaw those, too. : )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Showers are dangerous. Maybe we should outlaw those, too. : )

Actually, a shower door (brand new) shattered on my 7 yo daughter! scared the fuck out of me! Thankfully, she only cut her toe!! But it was a bloody mess and a pile of glass!

awful!