Would you leave a 9 year old at a trampoline Party on her own ?

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Daughter been invited to a party at a trampoline Park and its 3 hour with 2 hour jumping and food. The mum said a couple of mums jumping too but I'm not. Is 9 old enough to stay at party on her own? Thanks

Broken wrist not so bad. But land on the wrong part of your body on the wrong part of the trampoline and it can be serious!

Definitely old enough.

I would be astonished if even a six year old's mother expected she would be staying at a party of any kind.

I broke my leg when I was 5 at a birthday party.

I remember quite a lot about it, but my parents not being there when it happened isn't part of the memory. And this was pre-mobile phones so I'm not actually sure how long it took for them to be contactable and arrive.

I am untraumatised.

I took my grandson, who has diabetes and epilepsy to the trampoline park. I thought I had every eventuality covered but he sprained his ankle and twisted his knee! But then again my sister took her kids and a friends child to soft play and the friends chilled fractured her arm (a really bad fracture right at the top) so nowhere’s safe really.

I would have left mine at 9.

@coffeecupsandfairylights - how do children manage in school without mummy there to kiss boo boos better?

My 9yo would refuse to go if he thought I would be hanging around cramping his style.

DS1 came home from a residential trip at age 10 with a broken wrist. I probably should have gone on the residential with him according to some posters on here. I could have slept in the top bunk just in case he fell out of bed🙄

I’m assuming OP isn’t going to be more than 15 mins or so away if they leave (otherwise they’d just stay) and could easily get there in the unlikely event of an accident.

While trampolining might be more dangerous than other activities, it’s not exactly like trampoline parks have a queue of ambulances outside to pick up injured kids.

If I knew the parent(s) then yes I would leave my 9YO there. I'd make sure we all had each others numbers in case something happens. Everyone is right; your presence can't prevent broken bones, but the only thing I'd worry about leaving my son anywhere is the risk of someone walking off with him, or an altercation e.g. a 14 year old decides he wants to beat him up. In those instances, even though they are very very unlikely, your presence would prevent harm.
I always say to myself "what's the worst that could happen?" and then imagine it happening and who would be there to take control (staff, parents etc) which you can get a good feel for oncce you look around the place. If for example it was being run by 1 member of staff who was sat behind a desk staring at their phone, then maybe not!

Leave him, the people who break stuff are usually drunk adults or teenagers doing flips. You being there in the cafe etc isn’t going to prevent accidents. Make sure they’ve got your number, don’t need other adults and realistically if it’s a 2hr party you’re not going to be anywhere too far away. My son is a bit risky and I just tell him, if he tries to do flips and breaks something tbh I am going to be a bit annoyed and he won’t be able to do rugby for the next 6 weeks. The only time we’ve said no was a week before skiing and I still brought him for the food bit.

Definitely old enough!!