Kids and Teens 'Walking' Tall ? FemGuide Women Network

Modern kids and teens are often not active enough. This has led to many kids and teens being overweight and unfit. Sadly, this is a fact. Happily, there are traditional activities making a comeback and they are encouraging kids and teens to get more active. One such traditional activity that is currently trending is stilts.

August 29, 2012 by Karen In Category Baby & Kids

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Ask grandparents if they know what pogo stilts are. Not only will they know but they will remember them with great fondness. There was a time when kids and teens weren?t quite so wrapped in cotton wool. It was expected that kids would take a tumble or get scrapes and bruises. The world continued to turn and kids and teens were healthy due to enough exercise.

Like most things pogo stilts have been modernized and fine tuned. The modern variation is called pogo or jumping stilts and they allow you to run and jump like a super hero. Of course, all this super efficiency means your kids and teens must wear the appropriate safety gear.

• Pogo or jumping stilts are made of aluminum, fiber glass and rubber frames with a platform for each foot. The frames are strapped to each leg once your child or teen places the feet onto the platforms. Beneath the feet are springs. Your stilts let your child or teen jump six to nine feet. It is possible to run close to twenty miles per hour. No wonder kids and teens are keen to get their own pair of stilts.

• Buy stilts that come with sturdy boots manufactured onto them. This is to ensure the stilts don?t come off. The stilts also have strong straps to retain the feet inside the boots.

• The safest stilts have a carbon fiber spring. This type of spring gives a lot of bounce and improves the more it is used.

• Rather than cumbersome straps, choose stilts with ski binders because it allows your child or teen to put on or take off the stilts very easily and quickly.

• Pogo or jumping stilts are available in different weights so choose what is appropriate according to the weight of your child or teen. You could buy one size up (according to weight) so your child or teen grows into the stilts. Don?t go up any more than one weight as it would be unsafe.

• Some pogo or jumping stilts come with a helmet, elbow and knee pads. Your child or teen must be fitted with safety gear before attempting to run and jump.

• If your kids or teen really take to this activity and keep at you could simply replace the spring when they are ready for bigger, higher jumps and faster runs.

The great thing about modern stilts is they get kids and teens out into the fresh air and being active. Even better, they don?t realize they are doing exercise because the stilts are such fun. It also gets them lots of attention from everyone else in the vicinity.

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Written by Karen

This article is written by Karen. She is a professional writer of our femguide-Writing-Team and has?a lot of experiences in writing about all varieties, facets and colors of life. Every article was written with joy.

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