Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Urban Trampolines; Make Your Childhood Memories Come To Life

By Jane Bracken

Childhood memories are always the best to sit back and think about. Most of the time adults find themselves rambling on for hours about their favorite things to do as a kid. However most of the time it involves a trampoline. As a kid spending hours on a huge trampoline in the summer was one of the greatest things.

Today I am a parent, and I am faced with the decision of choosing (or, not choosing) my own urban trampoline. Do I want a big one or a small one? Do I even have room? Do I have the money?

Ask any kid, bigger is better. They want to bounce the highest, and the more trampoline there is under their feet, the higher they go. Ask most protective parents, and trampolines are bad. So what really is the right size for a child?

When actually the best sized urban trampoline is the larger one. Preventing small children from jumping is a necessity though, as they should not be on a trampoline in the first place. When the children grow older they will also become more acquainted with the trampoline and know the danger involved; and they will remain safe especially if you have a net. Yet you think that this is too expensive overall, so, what next?

So you may think the solution to the urban trampoline fiasco is to wait till the children get older and buy a smaller trampoline so they can avoid collision injuries and falling off. Kids would seem safer jumping solo on a trampoline as to having multiple on it at the same time.

However this is not true. Children are impatient and are likely to start riots over who gets to jump next. You will end up with more injuries from them becoming irritated with a sibling jumping longer than they are supposed to so they kick them off. Yet if they were able to jump together, none of this would happen in the first place.

So do not fear the flaws in trampolines, instead find a way around them. A big trampoline provides adequate jumping room along with the sturdiest and most stable base. This means it will not collapse as easily as a tiny trampoline. An added bonus to larger trampolines is the net. This protects all of the children no matter how big from flying off of the side.

The net can act as your own way to usher groups of children in and out of the trampoline. This eliminates the stress of having thirty kids wanting to jump at once, as you have your own fencing system to keep everything in order. So let your kids enjoy their days by jumping while you enjoy having your best childhood memories relived right in front of your eyes. - 15485

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