{"id":84950,"date":"2023-12-13T03:50:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T03:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=84950"},"modified":"2023-12-13T03:50:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T03:50:43","slug":"im-an-er-doctor-these-are-the-presents-i-will-never-give-to-my-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/lifestyle\/im-an-er-doctor-these-are-the-presents-i-will-never-give-to-my-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"I&apos;m an ER doctor &#8211; these are the presents I will never give to my kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> I&#8217;m an ER doctor &#8211; these are the five presents I will never give to my kids on Christmas morning\u00a0<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Doctor shared the toys everyone should avoid giving children\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Read more:\u00a0I invited friends to my boyfriend&#8217;s 30th but no one&#8217;s coming<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A doctor has listed the five\u00a0toys you should never give a child for Christmas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dr Meghan Martin, from the US, works in the emergency department and knows all too well about the dangers of certain gifts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a now-viral TikTok video the mother-of-four explained how trampolines, water beads, electric scooters, hoverboards and toys with button batteries can land kids in hospital and sometimes cause death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/02\/78892473-12857161-Dr_Meghan_Martin_from_the_US_works_in_the_emergency_department_a-a-3_1702434833522.jpg\" height=\"1017\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dr Meghan Martin, from the US, works in the emergency department and knows all too well about the dangers of certain gifts<\/p>\n<p>First Dr Martin said any type of toy that requires a button battery shouldn&#8217;t be given to children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They keep those little compartments closed with these little cheap screws &#8211; it&#8217;s not worth it. They can literally kill kids and they do every year,&#8217; she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Next, Dr Martin urged parents to keep water beads away from young kids as they can be dangerous if swallowed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Water beads are sold as sensory toys but little kids can ingest them when they&#8217;re small and they can get larger and cause bowel obstructions,&#8217; Dr Martin said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Don&#8217;t mess with these with little kids and they can cause problems with pets too.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/02\/78892467-12857161-On_TikTok_the_mother_of_four_explained_how_trampolines_water_bea-a-4_1702434833594.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>On TikTok the mother-of-four explained how trampolines, water beads, electric scooters, hoverboards and toys with button batteries can land kids in hospital (stock image)<\/p>\n<p>Third on the list was electric scooters &#8211; a popular gift that tends to be given to kids over eight.\u00a0But riding a scooter comes with the risk of breaking a bone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Kids go way too fast on these,&#8217; Dr Martin said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They hit a bump, they go flying, they mess up their faces, arms and heads &#8211; it&#8217;s bad news.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Similarly to scooters, hoverboards should also be avoided at all costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We see so many hoverboard injuries right after Christmas,&#8217; the doctor continued, adding: &#8216;They break their forearms, elbows and sometimes their heads.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Hoverboards can literally light your house on fire.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In New South Wales it&#8217;s illegal to ride motorised wheeled objects including skateboards, hoverboards and electric scooters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/13\/00\/78892469-12857161-_stock_image_-a-5_1702427837308.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A trampoline is the worst gift to give your children as it can lead to injuries and broken bones (stock image)<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, while many Aussie families tend to buy trampolines for the kids to enjoy in the backyard, the gift can lead to injuries and land kids in the emergency room.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Number one item from the list should not be a surprise to anyone, it&#8217;s trampolines,&#8217; the doctor said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I detest trampolines. They keep the emergency department in the orthopedics team in business.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It doesn&#8217;t matter if you have a net, it doesn&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s buried in the ground. Most of the injuries actually happen on the trampoline.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I hope you have a wonderful holiday and do not need to pay me a visit.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Dr Martin&#8217;s TikTok has since been viewed more than 1.3million times and other parents agreed with her points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I refuse to buy anything with button batteries and recently water beads. Thanks for spreading awareness!!&#8217; one mum wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Someone just gave us 10000 water beads, it never came in the house,&#8217; another said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m really wondering how I never broke any bones as a kid with how many times I feel off the trampoline,&#8217; a third wrote.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:\u00a0I&#8217;m 38 and never wanted kids &#8211; but now I&#8217;ve changed my mind and feel like I&#8217;ve lost the opportunity<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/parenting\/article-12857161\/Im-ER-doctor-five-presents-never-kids-Christmas-morning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m an ER doctor &#8211; these are the five presents I will never give to my kids on Christmas morning\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I&amp;apos;m an ER doctor - these are the presents I will never give to my kids - happy LifeStyle inc<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/lifestyle\/im-an-er-doctor-these-are-the-presents-i-will-never-give-to-my-kids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I&amp;apos;m an ER doctor - these are the presents I will never give to my kids - happy LifeStyle inc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#8217;m an ER doctor &#8211; 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