Tablet or Trampoline for 7 year old??

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My LO is turning 7 and trying to decide between a tablet or a trampoline!! She has one already, its one of our old ones about 10 years old and shares with her 3 year old sister. I want to get a trampoline for rhem but OH says it's too dangerous for our 3 year old and we would be on edge or constantly watching them. Giving her the tablet would mean one each for when we are travelling but I'm worried she would then use it a lot more than at present. Looking for advice really on whether trampoline is too much for 3 year old or advice on types of trampoline good for them!!

My dc liked the Vtech camera around that age. But be warned it has games on!

There's a younger version and a more sophisticated one with greenscreen etc. Both were loved.

Don’t like trampolines for kids, know of too many cases of broken bones even with the net, but it’s vastly preferable to a tablet at that age, encourage play and imagination not a screen

I have known children get some awful injuries from garden trampolines when they fall badly and go crashing into the metal bars that form the frame. My neighbour’s five year old child smashed out their 3 front teeth and is currently undergoing so much cosmetic dental work and my best friend’s child broke their arm (and that’s just two examples).

Trampoline. But enforce the rule of one at a time, especially important with one being three & the weight & bounce ability of a 7 yo.

Definitely wouldn't be buying her a tablet of her own. If you want a second one get yourself a new one she's occasionally allowed to use, but I wouldn't even do that as you have already got one & I wouldn't be giving one to the 3yo.

has she got a bike?.scooter?

A trampoline, especially this time of year, out bouncing in the fresh air.

Trampoline and most are so safe with all the safety nets
Outdoors abd a burst if fresh air and exercise will be grest for them..on a nice day a teddy bears picnic on the tramp...blanket and read a book.

Neither.

A 7 year old doesn't need a tablet.

I personally hate trampolines. They're really ugly (I hate the look of them), and you'll end up staring at this hideous thing in your garden just because the kids jump on it every now and then.

Safety nets don't prevent jumping and landing on their necks.
https://www.rospa.com/leisure-safety/trampoline-safety

Definitely a trampoline with a safety net. My ex bought my son an ipad when he was 6 and it was the worst thing ever, he was completely addicted to it and all of his spare time became about that (if he wasn't allowed on it because the time was up, he was thinking about it and asking for it). Before that he was sometimes allowed on my laptop, but because it was mine and not his, we didn't have any of these issues.

This. IDK about the UK but in America trampolines send 100,000 kids to the hospital every year. The 3YO is also at greater risk of bone breaks and damaging their growth plates even from ‘normal bouncing’ because their bones are immature, they lack coordination and are also likely to do silly things because 3 year olds be 3 year olds. If you do go ahead with it you would need to make sure the youngest always fully supervised to the point where you remove the ladder once they’re done and that the kids never ever go on it together because the size difference also poses risks to the youngest. Personally I think that sounds like a recipe for upset and hassle and wonder why you’d do it to yourself.

I thought this was a joke! Trampoline obviously! Just have rules such as ‘no touching’. We regularly have 6 kids on our (large) trampoline and in 4 years only a few knocks. Meanwhile they’ve had exercise, riotous fun and regulation of emotions. They know to be more cautious when the 4 year old is on. A tablet on journeys is unnecessary.

Trampoline a million times over! Way way better for her mental and physical health. There’s literally no comparison!

Our trampoline was the best investment and is used every day unless it's very cold and wet. We got a 12ft one when they were 3 and 4 and they still use it 10 years later.

We found the smaller trampolines are better as they don't bounce so high. The big ones fling small kids so far up in the air they are more dangerous.

As an alternative, what about a Scooter, a bike, a football net or gymnastics bar / mat / ground beam? All encourage physical activity. My dd spent hours trying to perfect a cartwheel from about 3 or 4.

She has all of them (family members were getting the gymnastics bar and mat for her!) She gets plenty physical activity, lucky girl has so much already i know!!

Our trampoline is heavily used, not just for bouncing but my DDs (about to turn 4 and 7) do a lot of small world play on it too. I’d say it’s used most days in spring/summer! It’s definitely the garden purchase that’s been best value for money. Neither of mine are budding gymnasts though, they just like bouncing up and down!