Trampolines?

[Sieg]

My daughter wants a trampoline for her 12th birthday coming up.........

How many people have had them?

How many wish they never did?

I asked a good friend that's a Orthopedic Surgeon/ ER Trauma Specialist if it was a bad idea and his response was not as long as I'm still paying out of state tuition..........

[Yan69]

I am an Orthopeadic distributor, i make a living selling plates and screws to 12 yrs old kids who fall off of these things. My 2 cents. Put the net around all the time and 1 kid at a time. I have 3 kids and no trampoline.
Take care.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by Yan69

I am an Orthopeadic distributor, i make a living selling plates and screws to 12 yrs old kids who fall off of these things. My 2 cents. Put the net around all the time and 1 kid at a time. I have 3 kids and no trampoline.
Take care.

Our new Obamacare Plan will surely cover ortho expenses.

[DBasher]

We've had ours for two summers now, my boys love it! They do everything on that thing, bounce, wrestle, star gazing, sleep outs. If they could ride their bikes on it they would.

Ages 6 and 10, only injuries have been the occasional kick in the junk

No net

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by DBasher

We've had ours for two summers now, my boys love it! They do everything on that thing, bounce, wrestle, star gazing, sleep outs. If they could ride their bikes on it they would.

Ages 6 and 10, only injuries have been the occasional kick in the junk

No net

I view them as similar to motorcycles, mountain bikes, skateboards, track days, etc..........are the rewards worth the risk.........

[DBasher]

Hmmm, I don't put that much thought into it.


I've got two steps at my house, depending on direction of travel you either go up or down, they don't move and have been there longer then the boys have been alive. They've wrecked themselves on those two steps more than anything else. Climbing trees and fences, riding bikes and motorcycles, playing in the woods...a trampoline.

I'll tell ya what's dangerous, tether ball! Somebody gets it in the in the face or a rope welt every time! No more tether ball for this family.

Sieg you know your daughter, if you don't think she's fit for a trampoline or her friends are rowdy, than maybe start her off with a helmet and one of those bouncy balls!