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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We had a trampoline at our old house no problems.  It doesn’t take much skill to flip on a trampoline.    Your son sounds like he isn’t that coordinated so it’s good of you to get him some help.  Most parents wouldn’t bother.

For everyone fretting about the dangers, most physical activities have some risk.  Skiing, football, gymnastics, hockey.  I broke my arm sledding on a hill.  My arm came out of its socket just playing in the playground.   [/quote]

You just listed four pretty high risk sports that many parents don't let their kids participate in!

And in any case, while I would allow my kid to do both skiing and gymnastics, I would not allow them to do either in an unsupervised environment using equipment I couldn't be confident was safe. Like I might sign my kid up for ski school or gymnastics classes after vetting the gym and feeling confident that steps had been taken to reduce risk and ensure proper instruction. My kid would wear a helmet and correctly sized skis/boots for skiing. I would make sure the gymnastics classes had properly rated mats and foam pits and that the instructors knew how to spot correctly and followed an appropriate skills progression.

I would not say "yeah have fun" if my kid was invited to go skiing in his friend's backyard with no limited adult supervision and using god knows what equipment they have on hand. I would not be cool with my child playing on someone's home gymnastics bar, doing random tricks they taught each other and using some thin tumbling mat the parents bought, figuring it was good enough.

Also, serious injuries in childhood make chronic pain and injury in adulthood more likely. While you can't avoid all risk, there's simply no good reason to expose your kids to high risk of injury at a very young age, if you want them to live long and healthy lives. Just take classes and learn to use a trampoline properly, with an instructor. It's also fun with the added benefit of being a lot safer.[/quote]

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