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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really hate ice skating parties. Ice skating is notorious for injuries. I know of one child knocked unconscious and taken away in an ambulance and another who ended up with a broken arm. Great parties. If your kid takes lessons and is a confident skater that’s great but don’t assume other kids will do as well. I’ve been to plenty of parties where the only decent skater was the birthday child and one or two others and the rest of the kids clung to the walls. Parents need to be on site to make sure the skates are laced up properly. It’s a total pain. It’s also much kinder to host a party where all of the kids can fully participate. [/quote]

Is ice skating notorious for injuries?  I grew up and Canada so I ice skated a lot as a child, and go pretty regularly with my own children and their friends. I've taught a lot of kids to skate.  Outside of hockey (which is notorious for injuries), I've never been at a rink or on an outdoor skating surface, and seen an injury that needed more than a few minutes off the ice and some hot chocolate to cheer the child up.  I've seen really scary ski accidents, and known kids who had scary ski accidents.  I've seen kids taken off by ambulance from the trampoline park, and the playground, and the playing field.  I've known a kid with a broken foot because he dropped a bowling ball on it, and a kid in the hospital from a near drowning, and several biking accident.

Wear a helmet, and thick gloves or mittens, just to be sure. [/quote]

+1 I've never a skating injury that required an ambulance though, and I spend most of my childhood in ice rinks.  That being said, I definitely respect original PP's caution; if they don't feel safe with ice rinks, they're entitled to not take their child skating.  I have a friend who was extremely uncomfortable with bounce house parties for our preschoolers because the chance of injury is actually pretty high.  I'm wary of letting my kids go to trampoline parks since I didn't grow up with them and have seen some pretty horrific injuries from trampolines.  I think two things can be true:
- some parents find ice skating unacceptably dangerous and hate ice skating parties
- some parents find ice skating to be a totally benign hobby and like ice skating parties

I just wish these two groups of parents would stop claiming they speak for everyone.  It sounds like OP's kid's friend group is pro-ice skating so hopefully the party will be enjoyable for all.[/quote]

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