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Your thoughts on Heelys needed for BBC breakfast - are they a danger?

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JustineMumsnet · 30/01/2007 18:26

Hello,
What's your view of Heelys? They've recently been labelled the most dangerous toy by a consumer group - read about it here - and I'm going on BBC breakfast tomorrow to give the Mumsnet view. Are they dangerous, should they come with a health warning, a public menace or is a risk of injury just part of growing up? Be very grateful for your thoughts...
Thanks

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janeite · 30/01/2007 21:00

Absolutely batters. Each to their own.

MerlinsBeard · 30/01/2007 20:58

only read the OP so i am sorry if i repeat...Dr Hilary is also talking about these on GMTV 2mo

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pointydog · 30/01/2007 20:54

ok, ok. No trashy treats for your kids. I am wrong.

janeite · 30/01/2007 20:49

Just asked them, Pointydog. DD1 would rather go to the theatre - especially if it's Grease or Joseph! DD2 would prefer to have the DVD of "High School Musical" instead of a pair of Heelys OR a trip to the theatre (groan!)but thinks she might quite like to see The Emperor's New CLothes at the theatre again please! Are they REALLY around £60 a pair?

pointydog · 30/01/2007 20:00

Go on Janeite, ask 'em!

janeite · 30/01/2007 19:52

I don't live in the West End! Last time I saw Heeleys for sale, they were £60 - have no idea if this is the average price or not, just saw a big sign outside a shop. 4 people for a family show at the theatre in our town was £44 for their last production. And I know which my children would prefer and it wouldn't be the Heelys!

Blandmum · 30/01/2007 19:48

Bet you someone will be moaning if they get banned from school

Oati · 30/01/2007 19:46

LOL Fio

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serenity · 30/01/2007 19:41

batters - they do? Hmmmm will have to have a word at work then

pointydog · 30/01/2007 19:39

I'm more concerned about the spelling of them

pointydog · 30/01/2007 19:38

surely a few months of your life wearing heelies isn't going to give you foot problems.

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Miaou · 30/01/2007 19:37

lololol at all this. I must live in a vacuum I think! I have never heard of or seen these before. I had to go and look at the heelys site and I am still none the wiser really

funnypeculiar · 30/01/2007 19:32

I'm sooo jealous these weren't around when I was a kid... They make me smile everytime I see them - although haven't yet been hit by a kid on them...there's time.
Clearly, don't wear all the time - eg, say to cross a busy motorway, or negotiate Picadilliy Circus,. In good old mn fashion, 'everything in moderation'

As everyone has said there are a million more dangerous/important things to worry about. And agree with mousiemousie that trampolene's are just as dangerous/safety instructions ignored.

And yeah, it probably woulnd't be great if kids walked in em all the time, but they won't.

Oati · 30/01/2007 19:30

hear hear Serenity

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poppiesinaline · 30/01/2007 19:29

Its not the danger of falling over in them that worries me (skateboards/bikes/roller blades all carry that risk) - its the awful position the child's feet seems to be in. Surely that can't be good?

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serenity · 30/01/2007 19:28

I don't have a problem with them as such, but I do get really annoyed when they are used inappropriately. I have to say that none of the vast hoardes of kids whizzing around IKEA in the evenings have worn any kind of safety equipment. Not all of the kids using them are being a pain, but I'd say a good 50% of them don't watch where they are going, aren't supervised sufficiently, and go too fast for the environment they are in. Unfortunately unlike bikes, skateboards etc it's not really possible to ban them as we can't expect parents to agree to their children walking around in their socks! Since christmas it's become a real hazard.