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re: What age do you let kids swim unsupervised?
Posted on 5/21/19 at 7:28 pm to BeerMoney
Posted on 5/21/19 at 7:28 pm to BeerMoney
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Yeah this is my backyard. Standard issue in ground pool with diving board and 10 feet on one end. Fenced in.
Word. Personally I think 8 seems like a good age for that if they have the skills, but every kid is different so you gotta take it on a case by case different. If you trust your kid and the neighbor kid and think they're both strong enough swimmers I'd say let them go at it since they're 10. But I'd also talk with the neighbor kid parents first and make sure they're cool with it. Make sure to give them some basic safety rules too. No diving in the shallow end, no running like at a community cool, because if they know how to swim then I would probably be more worried about one of them slipping and busting their head on the concrete than I would about them drowning or anything like that
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Posted on 5/21/19 at 7:29 pm to TheMailman
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TheMailman
What happened with your foot bruh
Posted on 5/21/19 at 7:29 pm to ThatMakesSense
That you son? My oldest drowned when he was that age. I revived him. Put him and his toddler brother in lessons immediately after.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 7:36 pm to BeerMoney
My daughter is 6 and she’s at the point where I don’t have to keep eyes on her constantly.
She’s getting pretty good but it still makes me nervous.
But, at that age we were swimming alone all the time
She’s getting pretty good but it still makes me nervous.
But, at that age we were swimming alone all the time
Posted on 5/21/19 at 7:37 pm to 777Tiger
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That you son? My oldest drowned when he was that age. I revived him. Put him and his toddler brother in lessons immediately after.
Ohhhhhh! You a bad parent.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 7:43 pm to ThatMakesSense
Saving my son’s life, then ensuring that both sons become strong swimmers? I guess 
ETA: you always were an ungrateful little shite
ETA: you always were an ungrateful little shite
This post was edited on 5/21/19 at 7:46 pm
Posted on 5/21/19 at 8:24 pm to BeerMoney
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Posted on 5/21/19 at 9:56 pm to BeerMoney
A friend's kid was an excellent strong swimmer. Died in a pool full of kids when she somehow hit her head and knocked herself out. I don't care how good of a swimmer you think your kid is accidents happen. There should always be someone there who can recognize drowning and know what to do in an emergency.
Perhaps this would be a good learning opportunity. Challenge your son and his friend to learn CPR ,basic water rescue techniques, and know how to identify and know what to do in an emergency. Have them show you that they can be responsible for each other's wellbeing in the pool. If they understand that playing by themselves in the pool is a earned privilege that comes with maturity and responsibility and they understand the grave consequences that can happen if they screw up then I might let them swim unsupervised.
Perhaps this would be a good learning opportunity. Challenge your son and his friend to learn CPR ,basic water rescue techniques, and know how to identify and know what to do in an emergency. Have them show you that they can be responsible for each other's wellbeing in the pool. If they understand that playing by themselves in the pool is a earned privilege that comes with maturity and responsibility and they understand the grave consequences that can happen if they screw up then I might let them swim unsupervised.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 9:59 pm to BeerMoney
Oldest is 6 and i don’t think i have thought of this yet.
This is a good question
This is a good question
Posted on 5/21/19 at 10:53 pm to ThatMakesSense
quote:Amateur
I drowned when I was 5.
quote:Dumbass.
Said frick it. Took my Free Willy floaties off and sunk like a rock.
quote:Because they gave you floaties.
No grown ups were paying attention.
quote:You likely caused a beer to spill, selfish arse.
I came to with all the adults staring over me.
quote:Soccer Board.
I have yet to let any of those fricks live it down.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 10:54 pm to BeerMoney
Dad threw me in the pool at age 5.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:00 pm to BeerMoney
I was swimming alone at 7, but it was the 80's and no one drowned back then.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:05 pm to BeerMoney
Brayden doesn't have time to swim during travel ball season.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:06 pm to BeerMoney
My daughter is 9, has taken swim lessons twice per week for the last two years, we have a pool 20' from the back door, and cameras on the back of the house...and I still get antsy about her being out there by herself at times.
It's not so much that I think sh has an issue swimming, but it's the possibility of an accident that concerns me the most. I think around 13 or 14 would be the age where I feel like my wife and I could leave the house for an extended period of time and not worry about her in the pool.
It's not so much that I think sh has an issue swimming, but it's the possibility of an accident that concerns me the most. I think around 13 or 14 would be the age where I feel like my wife and I could leave the house for an extended period of time and not worry about her in the pool.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:11 pm to RummelTiger
Google shallow water blackout. Happens to even expert swimmers and it's why no one should ever swim alone. Happened to a Navy SEAL a year or so ago.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:22 pm to Jim Rockford
Doesn’t matter how good a swimmer. I or someone older is watching or get your arse out. I’ve seen too many kids do stupid stuff . Had a friend’s son 12 years old , running as fast as he could , slipped and busted the back of his head open . Of course I had been telling them all day to stop running . That would have been great if they were alone.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:36 pm to BeerMoney
There isn’t an age. You let them swim alone when they’ve learned not to drown. There are grown men that can’t swim and 5 year olds that can.
It’s never left me, but there was a thread here and years ago about a bunch of kids drowning in red river. No one there, adults or children, could swim.
Found it
If you live or are going to visit a body of water, you better damn well know how to swim. If you can’t, don’t go around water.
It’s never left me, but there was a thread here and years ago about a bunch of kids drowning in red river. No one there, adults or children, could swim.
Found it
quote:
Six teenagers from two families drowned Monday in Shreveport, La.'s Red River while trying to save a friend who had slid into deeper waters.
Those who drowned were the Warners: Takeitha, 13; and her brothers, JaMarcus, 14; and JaTavious, 17. Their cousin, Dekendrix Warner, 15, was rescued. The others killed were the Stewarts: Litrelle, 18; LaDarius, 17; and Latevin, 15.
quote:
Marilyn Robinson, a friend of the families, told the Times of Shreveport that she watched helplessly as the victims went under. She said a large group of family and friends, including about 20 children, were at the sandbar to barbecue. She said they were familiar with the water.
"None of us could swim," she said. "They were yelling, 'Help me, help me. Somebody please help me.' It was nothing I could do but watch them drown, one by one."
If you live or are going to visit a body of water, you better damn well know how to swim. If you can’t, don’t go around water.
Posted on 5/21/19 at 11:41 pm to BeerMoney
Nice troll dude. If you're looking to get out of child support payments its never too young.
This post was edited on 5/21/19 at 11:44 pm
Posted on 5/22/19 at 2:45 am to BeerMoney
Never
Posted on 5/22/19 at 3:25 am to MSMHater
quote:I saw that movie.
I would let my 10 year old swim alone, but I make sure they are fish by 7.
Kinda sad thought there brah, with the kid angle.
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