sallinang:

Verdict: Don't recommend this sport for Family Bonding

UNSAFE SPORT
KATAPULT (ORTO PARK YISHUN) - UNSAFE, POOR AFTER ACCIDENT MGT AND IRRESPONSIBLE OPERATOR

This is a DANGEROUS place. Strongly NOT Recommended.
*** Horrified Experience ***

Katapult Trampoline Park (ORTO PARK YISHUN)
Indoor Sports Centre
Address: #01-11, ORTO 769198, 81 Lor Chencharu, Singapore 769198

My 13 years old boy got injured on his 1st jump, 16Nov15. He had a 3hrs ankle surgery at Gleneagles Hospital. 2 opinions have been taken from Orthopaedic Specialists at KK Hospital & Gleneagles Hospital.

– Serious Bone Fracture, Ankle Misalignment.
– Affect running ability and accelerated arthritis

I’ve reported the accident to Singapore Sport Council, SLA (the Landlord and the Khatib MP Dr Lee Bee Wah. Sport Council Step in to Audit and give recommendation. Shock to find there is no Mandatory compliance on Safety measure, After Accident Support, No Indemnity letter to be signed by Parents for kids under 16yo. (No governing bodies for such Commercial Indoor Sports)

Trampoline is not a entertainment sport. It is a sport that needs training – the break fall and the landing techniques.

Unhappy with the Operator irresponsible reply. My Boy is 13yo. Never inform me immediately after the Accident. Told me that my boy looks okay to the marshals on duties and send him back home on his own in public bus.

My neighbours saw him on his way home , alerted me and we send him to KK Hospital straight followed by Gleneagles Hospital for 2nd opinions … doubtful that the marshals on site is medically adequate to make a diagnosis…

He has to undergo a 3hrs operations in Gleneagles… got 2 Specialists Orthopaedic surgeon opinion…physiotherapy for 6mths… another operation to remove the support in 12mths time…

How can the observation from the Operator and her staff be so different from the Medical profession… in 1 hr time…HE IS NOT OKAY compare with the operator opinion that it is just a sprain.

Oh my goodness!! hope your boy is doing ok now! thx somuch for sharing this!
is it ok if you share how your boy got injured? is it jumping onto the trampoline from height? or landing back on the trampoline after bouncing around?
am totally concerned about going after reading this for my gals

rumrasin:

Highly recommended for weekend Sport - Skating


http://sgweekend.com/events/event/frees ... shan-park/

oo! sounds interesting hope its isnt too expensive haha

Nickyboy:

My DS is in Sec2 and will have to decide soon whether to take triple science or double science.

Definitely to drop Lit as he is not a language person.
He only likes Geography and doesn't like history that much either.
History and Biology,both requires lots of memory work.
Which is easier,bio or history? (Let's say he is not interested in both)

From my girl's experience, she took combine geog and social studies with double science.
she told me that she regretted badly that she didnt chose Hist as its almost like she only need to study 1 subject as alot of the things are the same.

unless your son wants to take pure geog and combine SS/Hist then maybe just go double science

Well but 3.2GPA seems fine to me



haha well GPA doesnt say everything though! like the fact that he doesnt spend much time on work still is a little troubling for the mom i guess

Dnls_mum:

I am thinking of going to do one of those escape room. Anyone tried those?

i did those with the children and family friends there are varying degrees of difficulties with it comes to the rooms! if youre a first timer, then can try the easy rooms! should not be too difficult! they do have some rooms that are age appropriate like some would be abit too scary for young children etc..

the ones ive been to are at bugis!! generally quite a fun experience though!!

slmkhoo:

Homefree:

The constant need to out perform each other is a real source of stress

As parents, one of our roles is to counterbalance the pressures on our kids to reach what we believe to be a good equilibrium. Not all parents will want to reach the same equilibrium, and we cannot control what others think. If I feel that there is too much pressure to constantly excel and compete and my child is stressed, then I will try to counter that by impressing upon her that effort and discipline is what I require, and that a balanced life with leisure, exercise, family time, social life etc are also important. My kids, when overseas, were in a much more relaxed environment, so I sang a different tune then - telling them that cruising at half-speed was a poor use of their time and short-changing themselves!

hmm.. thats very true! the challenge i feel is achieving the right balance.
and from what you wrote, its very apparent that we are the products of our environment. your children in different systems / different environments needed a different set of advices. well done!! hahah

Mummy AY:

How can any child develop a love for learning, when the only concern is whether or not he or she was better than his or her classmate?

that i agree completely.
unfortunately i believe that its something that has been embedded within the edu system in singapore. As much as individual parents such as myself not over exert the importance, or even put any stress on our DS / DDs, ideas such as the importance or excelling in academics are drawn naturally via the manners by which the teachers and exams in the local system emphasises on 'results'

slmkhoo:

Homefree:

for 1 i think at some point we need to realise that our children's generation really perceive 'fun' in a very different way that we did in the past.

i persoanlly have alot of problems trying to control my daughter to some extend in terms of her phone. she always justifies her actions by saying thats her way to have fun with her friends from school and im often at a loss if i should take this interaction granted that its online away. better than just be loner at home.

It has been shown (you can read up online) that face to face social interaction and offline recreation is beneficial to people, not just kids/teens. Although it's true that they interact socially online, there has to be a limit to that too. And being alone some of the time is also beneficial for reflection and rest. Perhaps you should marshal your facts, then sit down with your daughter to convince her that it is for her own good to set some boundaries as to how much time she spends on her phone? If she is convinced and works the details out with you, she will be more likely to comply than if she sees you as \"controlling\" her fun. It doesn't have to be all or nothing.

One of my daughters knows all the theory, but does get carried away sometimes, and I have to remind her to get off her phone. But because we have agreed beforehand on some limits, she is more willing to get off when I remind her. On the other hand, I will be flexible, like giving her a 5-min warning to wind up her conversations, or allowing more time when something urgent is happening that they have to discuss and make decisions. And she does appreciate that because we have instituted these limits, she actually has more time to read books, watch/read online content, do crafts, talk to her parents(!) etc. than some of her friends.

thx alot simkhoo!
really appreciate your advice on this. i'll read up more on this. though i would think from previous experiences that trying to implement limits to use of phones games etc seems to get difficult to police after awhile. she just seems to find ways around.

guanyin:

I have a son, 17, studying in Ngee Ann polytechnic, Biz Ad. He seem to be very free and study very little compared to when he was in secondary school. Most of the time he is playing games, chatting on skype or watching youtube. His GPA for the first semester is 3.2. Is it a normal student life in poly?

By right that depends on his poly's schedulethough I have to say normally when students first get to poly they normally get very busy. Not only through school work but also with the increased exposure to people and the different cca stuff and groups that they can join especially in business so you may wanna have a chat with him to show a little concern as to why he is so

Snow24:

Hi


Anyone can share how to handle 6 years old child who talked back at you ?

How it works in my family is that we play a good cop bad cop role. Where one disciplines the child to stop the immediate action from the child, we have also a good cop role that tries to help the kid understand why we need him to behave the way we do and understand his mindset for his actions at that point in time..