Have they ever been seriously injured as a result?
Our children, ages 8 and 12 have been gripeing for these, and I recently purchased them for Christmas, having second thoughs due to safety reasons.What%26#039;s your take on it? Are they old enough?
Do your children have roller blades, roller sneakers, and/or Heeley%26#039;s?
I have three kids, 13-8-5
all have some sort of wheeled shoe contraption. Never seriously injured, but do be carefull. They all started with helmets and pads.
They recieved more injury from me yelling at them about not using the heelies in the house!
here are some injury prevention links and info.
http://www.luhs.org/depts/injprev/links....
www.pedorthopaedics.com/pt/re/jpedorth...
Reply:My kids have had them, 13 and 9. They%26#039;re perfectly safe, just wear a helmet, and elbow pads and knee pads if you want to avoid those scrapes. Honestly, you can%26#039;t possibly be seriously injured from something like this, unless you jumped off a cliff with them.
Reply:I ABSOLUTELY hate these products - they are so unsafe not to mention annoying to other people. If they were used properly - outside instead of in the middle of a store or mall. I cannot tell you how many times I have almost been ran over by a kid wearing them, or seen a kid fall on his butt or head while using them. And if parents required the child to wear helmets when using them no matter what then they would be much safer. (oh, but that would not be cool, huh?)
Every time I see a kid using them I imagine that kid falling, cracking his/her head and then suing the company of the store they were in or the shoe company because the parents were stupid - and winning!!!
My kids are grown, but I know for sure if these were available when they were young, there is no way in hell that I would take that risk with their life and let them have them. My kids are WAY to important to me to let them have their way when I know it is unsafe.
Reply:Don%26#039;t give them a helmet
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