Somebody PLEASE tell me that i'm not the only one that can see this danger! - Page 6

kalou1972 · Apr 2nd, 2012, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Liesje

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Originally Posted by BethK

I can't see it either.

Crikey girls i'm AMAZED our kids have survived in our hands!

I'm with you lol

I feel so bad for bubble wrapped children and when their parents don't allow them to climb on things and explore... they don't even see they're depriving their children of not only a childhood but developing necessary skills for when there is no one around to hold their hand. Not anyone in this particular thread, but just parents in general... There is even a kid on my street whose parents make him use training wheels and a helmet on his bike when the poor kid is like 5... Which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, but the parents have done nothing to teach the kid how to actually ride the bike and learn the rules of the road so he can one day go off on his own and not hurt himself, they've just strapped all available safety gear to their kid and push him down the sidewalk with a broomstick.

So what....you'd prefer me to let him fall off and break his arms or legs......YOU CALL MY CONCERNN WARPPING HIM IN COTTON WOOL!!?????

I have obviously bought the thing so my kid could climb and explore......so PLEASE DO NOT FEEL SORRY FOR MY CHILD!!!

AND DO NOT ACCUSE ME OF DEPRIVING MY CHILD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Liesje · Apr 2nd, 2012, 13:00 PM

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Originally Posted by kalou1972

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Originally Posted by Liesje

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Originally Posted by BethK

I can't see it either.

Crikey girls i'm AMAZED our kids have survived in our hands!

I'm with you lol

I feel so bad for bubble wrapped children and when their parents don't allow them to climb on things and explore... they don't even see they're depriving their children of not only a childhood but developing necessary skills for when there is no one around to hold their hand. Not anyone in this particular thread, but just parents in general... There is even a kid on my street whose parents make him use training wheels and a helmet on his bike when the poor kid is like 5... Which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, but the parents have done nothing to teach the kid how to actually ride the bike and learn the rules of the road so he can one day go off on his own and not hurt himself, they've just strapped all available safety gear to their kid and push him down the sidewalk with a broomstick.

So what....you'd prefer me to let him fall off and break his arms or legs......YOU CALL MY CONCERNN WARPPING HIM IN COTTON WOOL!!?????

I have obviously bought the thing so my kid could climb and explore......so PLEASE DO NOT FEEL SORRY FOR MY CHILD!!!

AND DO NOT ACCUSE ME OF DEPRIVING MY CHILD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...if you'll notice, I was replying to someone else, and said not referring to you. Relax.

kalou1972 · Apr 2nd, 2012, 13:17 PM

Apologies.........I didn't get past the first three lines as I was seeing red!!!!.....and thankyou for your concern I am relaxed

Blah11 · Apr 2nd, 2012, 13:20 PM

i must say my 5 year old WILL ALWAYS be wearing a helmet on a bike. helmets save lives.

tu123 · Apr 2nd, 2012, 13:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Blah11

i must say my 5 year old WILL ALWAYS be wearing a helmet on a bike. helmets save lives.

Totally!

We were abroad a few months ago and ha to stay an extra day as we were witnesses to a horrible accident where a car went through a red light and hit a boy on a bike(he had no helmet on). He flew over our car and landed behind us. His head was mashed.

When we go skiing i always where a helmet. So many people dont yet it is something so simple to avoid unneccessary injuries.

KittyVentura · Apr 2nd, 2012, 13:29 PM

I'm really shocked at seeing a parent question a 5 year old wearing a helmet. It's really struck a chord with me. I mean I KNOW there were extreme circumstances in Neil's accident (He was 18, had been drinking, going down a VERY steep hill and had reached speeds of 30MPH) but even then the coroners report deemed that a helmet in use would have given an extremely different outcome.

Children are more vunerable and less road aware and a helmet really COULD save his/her life. I see a helmet as just as important as using a carseat or wearing a seatbelt. xx

MeAndMyShadow · Apr 2nd, 2012, 13:30 PM

Ladies, relax...this is getting too heated lol. I wouldn't let Zack play alone on that obviously at 18 months, he'd jump right off and probably break a bone on the way down. As for helmets, they save lives, so as long as my kids want to ride bikes, they're gonna wear helmets...but again, that's not what this post was originally about anyways...

Jchihuahua · Apr 2nd, 2012, 13:33 PM

I havent read all the replies but I would consider that climbing frame dangerous for Daisy. Her large motor skills have always been poor and I wouldn't feel that she'd be particularly safe on that and I just know she'd fall off that gap in the platform.

She always wears a bike helmet too.

Maybe we do wrap her in cotton wool a bit but she has her whole childhood to climb and explore and at the moment her motor skills are not developed enough.

snowy-willow · Apr 2nd, 2012, 13:49 PM

we have one of the little tykes activity gyms (the cubes with a slide) and thats for 18m+ so very surprised that this one would be too. Ella only uses her slide with me right there and we have been spending time learning how to climb it safely and that we always sit down on the slide (she wants to go head first!) I am also teaching her not to stand on the sofa - her balance is good on stable ground but not on a sofa, and how to get off the sofa safely.

I would not be letting Ella use this at 18m

Liesje · Apr 2nd, 2012, 14:41 PM

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Originally Posted by KittyVentura

I'm really shocked at seeing a parent question a 5 year old wearing a helmet.

I think people are missing the point here... A 5 year old whose parents are still pushing him around on a bicycle with a broomstick and training wheels is clearly not going to go breakneck speeds to even require a helmet... But instead of this kid's parents teaching him to ride the bike, the parents just strapped some safety gear to him so he can look like he's leading a pseudo normal existence. (I've met the kid, there is nothing wrong with him, other than his parents are helicopter parents).
Poor kid is already getting self esteem issues because he can't do anything his friends do... not because he can't, but because his parents won't allow it... To them it's just as good to look normal as it is to be normal, as long as he's "safe".

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kalou1972 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: South Yorks Posts: 3,738	Apologies.........I didn't get past the first three lines as I was seeing red!!!!.....and thankyou for your concern I am relaxed

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Blah11 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 38,146	i must say my 5 year old WILL ALWAYS be wearing a helmet on a bike. helmets save lives.

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KittyVentura Waiting To Try (WTT) BnB Elite Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Swindon, UK Posts: 10,515	I'm really shocked at seeing a parent question a 5 year old wearing a helmet. It's really struck a chord with me. I mean I KNOW there were extreme circumstances in Neil's accident (He was 18, had been drinking, going down a VERY steep hill and had reached speeds of 30MPH) but even then the coroners report deemed that a helmet in use would have given an extremely different outcome. Children are more vunerable and less road aware and a helmet really COULD save his/her life. I see a helmet as just as important as using a carseat or wearing a seatbelt. xx

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MeAndMyShadow Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,002	Ladies, relax...this is getting too heated lol. I wouldn't let Zack play alone on that obviously at 18 months, he'd jump right off and probably break a bone on the way down. As for helmets, they save lives, so as long as my kids want to ride bikes, they're gonna wear helmets...but again, that's not what this post was originally about anyways...

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Jchihuahua Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: W. Yorkshire Posts: 7,107	I havent read all the replies but I would consider that climbing frame dangerous for Daisy. Her large motor skills have always been poor and I wouldn't feel that she'd be particularly safe on that and I just know she'd fall off that gap in the platform. She always wears a bike helmet too. Maybe we do wrap her in cotton wool a bit but she has her whole childhood to climb and explore and at the moment her motor skills are not developed enough.

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snowy-willow Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: suffolk Posts: 2,443	we have one of the little tykes activity gyms (the cubes with a slide) and thats for 18m+ so very surprised that this one would be too. Ella only uses her slide with me right there and we have been spending time learning how to climb it safely and that we always sit down on the slide (she wants to go head first!) I am also teaching her not to stand on the sofa - her balance is good on stable ground but not on a sofa, and how to get off the sofa safely. I would not be letting Ella use this at 18m

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