(NEXSTAR) – When it comes to doctors, they say it’s always good to get a second opinion. Lucky for us, we’re getting more than a dozen doctors’ opinions as they weigh in with some parenting advice.
In a video posted to Instagram by Dr. Rupa K. Wong, a pediatric ophthalmologist who practices in Honolulu, doctors answer the question “What’s one thing you’d never let you kids do?”
“Trampolines,” responds Dr. Dwight Lin, a physical medicine and rehab physician, without hesitation, citing the high risks of spinal cord injuries and traumatic brain injuries.
Similarly, an ICU physician warns against e-bikes. “They go too fast and people don’t realize they are going at motorcycle, scooter speed, but they think they’re on a bicycle. And they don’t wear enough protection and it ends up being devastating.”
Speaking of motorcycles, that’s one ER doctor’s hard line. He says he’d never let his kid get on one after seeing many patients “come in looking like pretzels.” Neurosurgeon Stephen Johnson says the same thing about ATVs in another video.
Dr. Thomas Chen, a nephrologist, advises against overusing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (better known as aspirin, ibuprofen, Motrin or Aleve) because they can be harmful to kidneys.
Wong, as an eye doctor, says she’d never let her kids sleep with their contact lenses on.
Dermatologist Dr. Deborah Yang says she wouldn’t let kids go to the beach without sun protection – lots of it.
A similar video, posted by pediatric neurologist Dr. Shilpa Dass, has even more doctor no-no’s:
“I would never let my kid eat grapes without cutting them,” says a pediatric anesthesiologist. The fruit are considered a significant choking risk for young kids.
“I would never let my kid play with a toy with a button battery,” says a gastroenterologist. Those tiny batteries are ingested more than 3,500 times a year in the U.S., says Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
“I would never let my kids vape,” adds a cardiologist.
Dass, who posted the compilation, says sleepovers are off-limits for her kids.
It may not have come up in either video but there’s a consensus among pediatric doctors posting on Reddit: Beware of pools.
“Never ever getting a swimming pool in our backyard until AFTER all kids know how to swim,” writes one user, who says they’re a pediatric neurologist. “Doesn’t matter if it’s gated in. Nope nope nope.”