Trampoline? - Omega,OK

i had all the doubts you had. I bought one, they love it . I have no problems, but have lots of rules and a net.

I have one and the kids love it. I do have rules and a waiver that parents have to sign before they can jump. I've not had an issue.

Here's a link for you. This pediatrician-mama would tell you not to do it. It's more about bouncy houses but includes trampolines.

http://seattlemamadoc.seattlechildrens.org/why-i-hate-the...

As a gymnastics teacher, I can always tell which kids have trampolines at home. They are the ones who I need to re-teach everything to! Trampolines teach bad habits when they are used too often. We use them to teach body awareness and body position because you can slow down the tricks, but we use them for drills only. When used too often, kids start to rely on the bounce and timing and it makes doing the gymnastics on a regular floor much more difficult.

I also see countless kids coming in the gym with ankle and knee injuries from home trampolines.

I actually think they are better for kids who are NOT interested in gymnastics. Then it wouldn't matter what bad habits they pick up!

Your youngest is probably better off enjoying the one at the gym. But that's just my opinion!

We got one when our kids were 2 and 4. It broke this last spring when a big storm rolled through. We plan to get a new one when the spring weather hits. They LOVE them and as long as we follow the rules we have set up, there are no problems. In 6 years, we've never had an issue.

I hate them. But Santa told me I was just being too much of a bummer and he was bringing one if I'd just let him. This was a couple of years ago. No injuries but I am constantly yelling at the kids and yes, I totally freak out when I see the little guys bouncing and flipping.

Our girl is on the show team and does occasionally get hurt on the tumble trak. I truly feel that home trampolines are the MOST dangerous thing a parent can buy their kids.

I worry about the possibilities every day.

Over 168,000 kids get hurt every year on trampolines. Over 100 die. One story you can read if you google it is from a woman who was standing right there and heard her son's neck break. I cannot imaging hearing that sound for the rest of my life and missing him being there and growing up.

I would tell anyone don't get one. The pediatric docs don't want them even to be allowed to be sold. They want them outlawed. Too many life altering injuries happen each year.

Call your insurance company and find out if they will cover you and your home if you own one...

many insurance companies will no longer cover injuries sustained from trampolines....

No. we don't have a trampoline. Have no desire to get one either.

Better call your homeowners insurance first! A lot of them won't cover trampolines. If someone gets hurt and sues you, you'll be in the soup on your own. EVEN IF someone comes over while you aren't home and you didn't want them on your trampoline.

The liability issue was enough for me to never consider owning own. That's one reason why I paid for gymnastics lessons!

Dawn

We have one with padding and net. On hot days we et up a sprinkler system over it. The boys love it. My boys also fly down our hill on their scooters and bikes.

Haven't read other answers, but we got one for Christmas and LOVE it! Girls 6 and 8 plus mama are loving bouncing around. Make sure and have the net around and have fun!

Yep,we had one with the enclosed net. Got the insurance...followed all of the rules.. never had a problem. Years of fun...

You know what...

Yes. There are risks. My SIL broke her back last year on a trampoline (She was at a place that had trampolines built into the floor and had an accident, she is now fully recovered).

But, there are risks with everything! We had a trampoline growing up and loved it. We also had a horse growing up. Horse back riding is dangerous. Once our horse got older he kind of a developed a 'I don't give a ****, I just want to go back to the pasture and eat my grass' attitude. He bucked me off at least 10 times before we stopped riding him and just let him be a lazy pasture horse. I could have been seriously injured, but luckily I wasn't.

I still ride horses. I still enjoy jumping on a trampoline. I will still allow my son to do both, even though I know that there are risks involved. I will not force him to live in a bubble.

All you can do is practice the safety measures available. Use a net (Even though they will not stop your child from falling, it's still better than not using one). Only one person on the tramp at a time. No flips. Etc

No No No and No! My children are forbidden to use trampolines anywhere other than the gym where they are supervised by an adult who knows what he/she is doing. Any single episode of America's Funniest Videos pretty much backs up my concern about safety. Plus the friend I know who broke his neck doing a flip on a trampoline.

And if it's not my kids who would be hurt on it, it will be another child - with my luck it'll be the tyrant who was told 'no' but whose parents will sue me for everything we have and then some.

Very controversial subject on MP.

I grew up on a large trampoline with no safety net and we never had any injuries.

You do use rules and common sense.

Our daughter had a trampoline for several years until she outgrew it and again, never any injuries, etc.

Drive through my neighborhood which is pretty upscale and you'll see trampolines at most all of the homes with children. Most of the have safety nets.

Can you get hurt, of course. You can get hurt riding your bike, running, roller blading, skateboarding as well. You just use common sense and rules.

Our HOA does not have any rules against them and we have a very strict HOA. My insurance did not go up but I assume if I had some sort of claim it would have. It was not on the no no list for our homeowner's policy either.

You have to figure out what is bese for your family. If you get one, make sure it is level and fits well in your yard. Of course, have set rules and guidelines and enforce them.

We got ours at Academy at the time and we did spend extra to attempt to make it safer.

Best wishes.

When I was in jr high I jumped on my neighbors tramp when they were not home and dislocated my ankle. I did NOT want to get one when our chldren were old enough But my husband bought one anyway. We have rules but the children do not always follow them. We have had little injuries but nothing major. My husband dug a huge hole in the ground so its actually at ground level. My children love it.
That being said, the neighbor kid was jumping with his friend and landed on his friend breaking his arm. The poor kid has been in a cast for a couple month. He had a compound fracture.

I look at the trampoline the same as I do a pool. While I have no problem with my kids using them I do not want one in my yard. My concern has more to do with the fact that when you have a pool or a trampoline you end up with all the neighbourhood kids in your yard. I don't mind kids in my yard at all, but I would worry about those kids getting hurt and me getting sued.

My daughter was in gymnastics for four years. I would not get one for our home. There are too many injuries, even with the best of intended rules.

My son broke his arm on our neighbor's trampoline last summer - it was no fun. The orthopedic doc joked at my son's appointments that trampolines keep him and the pediatric ER in business. :) In all seriousness, though, yes they are dangerous. Not as dangerous as they used to be now that they pretty much all have nets (actually, I broke my wrist on a trampoline without nets when I was 18!), but definitely dangerous. Unless you will be outside with the kids each time they use it, it will likely be tough to keep the rules enforced, especially when they have friends over. But I get how they would want one, they ARE fun! Just risky fun. Our trampoline days are over, though.

Call your homeowner's insurance first and ask hypothetically what your rates would be. Our guy said he didn't want to know if we ever got one.

Our chiropractor said no way. Too many long term issues with childrens' growing bodies.

I know of a family that had one. Neighbor kids used it, without permission, while they were gone, got hurt and guess who's insurance company had to pay?

We have one and the kids get a lot of use out of it. Of course it has a net and padding. I like that it gives them something to go outside and do even on cooler days (which is half the year here). We have it in our back yard, which is 100% fenced in, so I'm not worried about kids using it without our permission. It's an eyesore but other than that, it's been worth having.

You are not crazy, but as a pediatric physical therapist, I will NEVER own one. They are the most dangerous toy on the market. The American Academy of Pediatrics has come out strongly against them for home use. They are the leading cause of permanent spinal cord injury in children. (My brother's job is to screw metal frames on children's heads in surgery after they break their necks on trampolines, so between the two of us, trampolines keep us in business.) If you really feel like you must have one, my suggestion is to try the small indoor folding trampolines that have handles. It is great that you are already thinking about following the suggested rules (only one at a time, etc.) but in reality it almost never happens. That takes away most of the "fun" of the large outdoor ones. I guess I just really recommend not getting one. They aren't worth the risk, especially if she is already getting to use one at the gym. I will try to include the link for the AAP trampoline injury paper. Good luck in your decision.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/103/5/e57.f...

Check with your homeowners insurance FIRST, then be sure to carry a LARGE umbrella liability policy if they'll allow you to have a trampoline. When we were getting our ins set up with our pool, I kept asking about coverage with the pool, several companies said they would insure just about anything but a trampoline...

I will tell you to do three things. One, ask your pediatrician's opinion. I bet they would tell you NO WAY! And, do a Google search. Also, there are insurance companies whop will drop you if you have a trampoline. Also, if someone is injured at your home, they may not cover it.

I think they are very dangerous. Good luck with your decision. It's a big one!

I don't believe that they're worth the danger they pose. They're far more dangerous than nearly any other object a child OR adult can get injured or killed on. I've never seen an injury from a trampoline that was not serious and life altering. Nets and rules provide a false sense of security at any age. Don't waste your money.

I know it was an extreme case, but I knew a 24 year old woman who was paralyzed from the neck down on one. There was no alcohol or drugs involved! She was sitting cross legged chatting with a friend who was bouncing. She 'bounced' just right and fell on the trampoline (did not fall off) just right and was paralyzed in an instant.

When we bought our house 12 years ago the former owners didn't want to take theirs with them so we inherited one. Our kids were so happy! Until I looked out there, even with rules in place and the neighborhood kids were out of control. *They were good kids, but the former owners posed no rules. Anyway, it was given away within 3 months! And my daughter too was a gymnast.

Yes, I know there are dangers in everything! My kids are now 18 and 22 which pose a completely set of different things to worry about as a mom. But this was one thing I just couldn't get over.

As a kid the neighbors had one while I was growing up and I sprained it perhaps three different times on there trampoline. One other time at school and another time at my own front door. It had nothing to do with saftey just jumping and my foot went under my leg and next thing I know I have a baseball swollen ankle. just an fyi no matter how safe you plan to be a wrong placement of the foot and things happen. I dont think either of my other brothers ever got hurt but my friends have fallen off (they now have nets) and the springs were an issue before the padding...we also layed under it to see if the person could jump hard enough to touch us.

As an adult after having babies my guts wont take the jumping!!!

They scare me, but I did see one called springfree that seemed very well constructed toward injury prevention.

I bought one, without a net, when my kids were 5 months, 3 years and 6 years and it's been the best investment I've ever made. The poor trampoline is in sorry shape now, six years later, but the kids still use it daily. Their favorite activity is to put it under the barn roof, or underneath one of the maples, and jump off the roof. Yeah, it's dangerous, but what about childhood is not? Let them live, I say.

In the six years we've owned the trampoline there's only been a handful of accidents, mostly involved in them falling through the hole that's in one side. (Trampoline vs. bird feeder incident) There has been up to five kids on there at once, or three kids and one parent, or two kids and whichever cat they can grab.

I don't know the age of your children but at first I would supervise them, 'til they know what's expected. And then relax.

We don't actually have one because our back yard is sloped but I've thought about whether we would have one if the yard wasn't sloped. I know, personally, three people who have been injured (broken bones) on trampolines, and in addition to that, I injured my back on a trampoline when I was around 13. They are a LOT of fun, but I lean towards no, because the risk is just too great.

Home insurers will drop you if you have on. So that should tell you something. IMO not worth. it. The injuries tend to be bad.

Nope never. My mom was a nurse in a smaller town so heard everything about ER visits. The ONLY thing she ever told me when I had kids was that she is against trampolines. She never told me how to parent, or gave me unsolicited advice....except for this. I trust her and will never allow one.

Nephew broke his ankle so badly he will always walk a bit odd and so far 3 surgeries. I just can't recommend it.
I know safety rules are important, but you land wrong just ONCE and your life could be different.

Yesterday we went to a trampoline park for a birthday (I didn't really want to), and I thought, see, this is OK. Then a kid in our group landed wrong and had a serious injury. Not broken, but not good. I just don't see risking that.

Consumer Reports has this to say:

"Trampoline safety
About 100,000 kids are treated in hospital emergency rooms for injuries associated with trampolines each year. They have been linked to so many injuries that the American Academy of Pediatrics put out a series of warnings in response to a rising number of incidents, and called them 'unsafe for children at any age.'"

I think the net gives a false sense of security. As for those who haven't had any problems--great! But what if I said I always let my kids roam around the back seat of my car and never had any injuries? I think it's better to look at the big picture, not the experience of a handful of people--lots of kids do get hurt--not just from falling off and not just broken bones. Anyone can land wrong on the trampoline--even alone. We do lots of outdoor adventure with our kids, but a trampoline I wouldn't do.

Oh, there are so many fun things we can provide for our kids that doctors don't believe are so risky. We had a trampoline and it was hard keeping multiple kids off of it. I would insist on it and then they would get bored and it went unused. The fun was only in doing what was risky behavior. I was told to have kids' parents sign a release... It is that dangerous.

We only had it because it was an in-ground trampoline that the previous owners left and we didn't have the money to have that big of a hole filled.