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My 3 year old has taken up parkour. How do I keep her from killing herself? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So my three year old has, since she was little, been really into jumping. I try to warn her that she could seriously injure herself, but this hasn't happened yet so she doesn't think I'm serious. But she jumps over and off anything. Sisters bunk bed to the armchair 2 meters away? No problem. Bunk bed to the floor? Sticks the landing every time. I swear my partner must have cheated on me with a f##king spider monkey.

How do I convince her to not do the jumps that could break her ankle if she lands wrong? I'm not getting through to her. I'm happy she is physically active, but she's taking the piss.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

We've definitely considered a gymnastics class for her. She lands like a chimp. Ie she lands on bended knees and rolls to distribute the force. She jumps further and from higher up than her 10 year old sister. If I weren't genuinely concerned for her safety I'd just be impressed. But she definitely lands correctly already.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Sounds like she might have looked up how to land while free running. Definitely encourage safely landing and repetitive movements so her body will get used to it.

Also I'm assuming she already found out about American Ninja Warrior. I think they have a kids version.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Never heard of it, don't have a TV, and also live in Scandinavia.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Sorry. The OG show was called Sasuke in Japan. It came to America and worldwide after that. I saw some EU ninja warrior guys on the American version. It looks like there was a Swedish version for a season.

If you want to show her videos of women completing some of the course you can look up Kacy Catanzaro (first women up the wall), Jessie Graff, Jesse 'flex' Labreck, or Megan Martin to name a few. They got plenty of clips online. The show motivates me to workout or get some sprints in. I can't really do all the jumps since I'm getting old.

https://sasukepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Ninja_Warrior_Sweden