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Glasses and trampolines?

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Woopdee · 15/02/2023 07:48

My 4 year old is new to both glasses and trampolines, should she take them off to bounce?

I tried googling but all I get is trampoline parks all with different policies, I mean just back garden one person trampoline.

Tia.

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Rainbowclimbinghigh · 15/02/2023 11:16

I can't remember what it's like being slightly short-sighted (have also worn glasses since young and my prescription is now -11/12!), but from my perspective, as well as not being able to see properly, it also affects your depth perception (eg thinking steps etc are higher than what they are) so this could also be dangerous as landing improperly can break ankles etc.

00100001 · 15/02/2023 11:45

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 15/02/2023 11:04

Oh come now.nit everyone with glasses is groping around feeling their way along.

This is such a dismissive comment Hmm

You don't have to be "feeling your way along" to struggle and trampolining is a sport that requires balance and good vision to be safe.

If you can't see properly you could so easily miss your landing and break something.

Honestly.mist people and children with glasses have a mild problem. They can cope with taking them off for the most part.

reluctantbrit · 15/02/2023 11:46

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 15/02/2023 11:06

@reluctantbrit contacts are great but not all children can wear them as they're not suitable for all prescriptions etc. either.

That is correct but it helps quite a number of children playing sports.

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coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 15/02/2023 12:49

Honestly.mist people and children with glasses have a mild problem. They can cope with taking them off for the most part.

But why should they have to "cope for the most part"? It puts them (at best) at an unfair advantage and is (at worst) dangerous.

Without glasses, it's not just your vision that is blurry, your depth perception is all wrong and your eyes and brain are having to work extra hard to make sense of everything.

I've worn glasses since I was seven and there's no way I could have safely jumped on a trampoline without them - I'd have felt unsafe and disoriented. I also couldn't swim or do sports in the rain because doing so without my glasses made me feel dizzy.

Xrays · 15/02/2023 16:10

00100001 · 15/02/2023 11:45

Honestly.mist people and children with glasses have a mild problem. They can cope with taking them off for the most part.

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Are you short sighted? Because if you aren’t you don’t really know how disabling it is, especially if you have a prescription stronger than a -2 it’s actually really hard to see at all. It’s like someone’s taken a frosted piece of glass and put it over your eyes. And that’s a -2ish, when you get to my prescription (-9.50) I literally can’t see anything more than an inch beyond my face. At age 5/6 ish I was a -4 so quite a strong prescription.

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