Did you know this?

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There's been a study in America showing that ''352,698 children under the age of six were injured on slides in the US between 2002 and 2015''.

Apparently the most common injury is the lower leg being fractured and the most common cause is children going down the slide on an adult's lap.

(I found this in a local paper then searched for the story in the big paper so people wouldn't know my local area)

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/children-slides-parents-laps-increase-ride-risk-injury-study-playgrounds-areas-a7947941.html

I just thought it was an interesting read, something people don't tend to think about.

I did not know that.
My son recently fell off a slide at school and fractured his elbow. One more week till the plaster comes off and it can't come soon enough!

My niece broke her leg just going down the slide when she was 8. Really bizarre freak accident.

But that's a tiny amount. The study spans 13 years, and there's probably about 20m children under six in the US.

How many on trampolines? Which is the bigger evil ???

I read a report that trampolines are knackering the development of young bones. Might have to hunt it down

I know a few kids who broke their lowee legs on slides. Usually happens if parent or older child slides with child on knees. The foot gets stuck at side of slide and the force of the weight of the bigger person breaks the small child's bone. It was quite well publicised when ds1 (now 24) was small.

That's not that many really, considering the length of the study. The fact they use "estimated" figures makes me suspicious too - if accidents were serious enough to need a hospital visit then surely they'd be recorded accurately, not guessed at?

It's not that many considering the size of the population and the timescale
And why on earth are adults putting children on their laps to go down slides?

A little boy 3 or 4 from DD's nursery got the neck of his t.shirt caught and died quite recently.

Freak accident but I got rid of the garden one, till that happened I'd never give it much thought and left my DD unsupervised in the garden on hers while getting on with washing and meals etc.

So even if it's rare it can happen and I would suggest (not in a patronising or wanky way) maybe checking there's nothing your children's clothes could get stuck on.

I know freak accidents happen but you don't expect it on your doorstep.

Slides are pretty safe then?

This happened to my son.

He was 3 and he was a bit nervous to go down the bigger slide in the park. DD (11) got him to sit on her lap to go down together. The sole of his trainer stuck on the side and the weight of dd kept them sliding.

He had a spiral fracture and broke bones in his foot too. He was in a cast for 10 weeks.

The doctor said it was a common injury.

I have seen lots of parents doing this with babies on their laps. I did approach a few and warned them of the danger, but I gave up after a while because people looked at me as if I was mad.

Oh, I know if you look at the numbers/the amount of time it isn't a very high number at all. I just though it was an interesting read :)

Pancakeflipper I remember getting my hair tangled in the springs of a trampoline when I was little, those things are evil!