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[quote=Anonymous]Just prior to spring break, my somewhat uncoordinated eight year old figured out how to sort of do a flip on an inground trampoline.  I say sort of because he can do the flip, but he can’t land on his feet. He lands on his back.  He learned this at his cousin’s house. I let him try a few times, but after watching him, I asked him to please stop, and that I would enroll him in gymnastics over spring break, so that he can learn to do it safely.  He learned a bit more over spring break and can sometimes do it with a running start. I put it out of my mind for a while, thinking I could get him a few more lessons, maybe even a private lesson, whatever.

Fast forward, and I cannot believe I’m in the situation, but he is being invited to a play date where the family has three kids, and a beautiful outdoor space, which includes a trampoline, but not the inground kind.  And I’m like, shoot all my kid is going to want to do is to try to do flips.  He’s old enough that he’s not going to be monitored by a parent while the kids are playing outside.  And I can tell him, no flips, but I know that he will be too tempted.

Real talk, please, should I land the helicopter?  I really don’t care for above ground trampolines, and I’m even more nervous now that my generally cautious kid wants to try this stunt.  I know a handful of people in emergency care, and literally every single one of them I have heard, anecdotally, always talks about how dangerous trampolines are. Literally day before yesterday, I was chatting with someone and her father and brother are emergency surgeons, and I was telling her how my son is learning to do flips on the trampoline in gymnastics camp, and she, unsolicited, said, “be careful. Trampolines give my family a lot of business.” I welcome any advice, thanks! [/quote]

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