Avoid blue swim trunks? Are blue swim trunks a drowning hazard?

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Anonymous wrote:This is true but I think we’re talking about a small risk and a very small benefit. I think the point at which you’re relying on a lifeguard to see your submerged kid at the bottom of the pool, I mean, we’re into impossibly rare scenarios.

Drowning deaths happen because kids are unattended near water, or swim in open water they are not ready for, not because they wear blue swimsuits. Focus on the big stuff.

It's amazingly easy to pick a swimsuit that is more visible than blue-every thing helps.

Sure, but that’s like saying “wearing a life vest on an airplane is easy. Perhaps you will die on impact but every little bit helps”. If that’s the extent you want to take things, sure, knock yourself out. The possible benefit is not something I’m going to stress myself over. My kids pick whatever suits they like and I supervise them without distraction in the pool.

This is...not at all the same thing.

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thanks PP for posting this!

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Anonymous wrote:This is true but I think we’re talking about a small risk and a very small benefit. I think the point at which you’re relying on a lifeguard to see your submerged kid at the bottom of the pool, I mean, we’re into impossibly rare scenarios.

Drowning deaths happen because kids are unattended near water, or swim in open water they are not ready for, not because they wear blue swimsuits. Focus on the big stuff.

It's amazingly easy to pick a swimsuit that is more visible than blue-every thing helps.

Sure, but that’s like saying “wearing a life vest on an airplane is easy. Perhaps you will die on impact but every little bit helps”. If that’s the extent you want to take things, sure, knock yourself out. The possible benefit is not something I’m going to stress myself over. My kids pick whatever suits they like and I supervise them without distraction in the pool.

This is...not at all the same thing.

But isn’t it? The focus is on not being in a plane crash, not on hoping the life vest you’re wearing on the plane will make the difference after impact. Just like how not allowing your children to ever be unsupervised near water is the focus, not on hoping their orange swim suit will mean an onlooker will notice them floating, alone, in your backyard pool when you weren’t paying attention

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Anonymous wrote:This is true but I think we’re talking about a small risk and a very small benefit. I think the point at which you’re relying on a lifeguard to see your submerged kid at the bottom of the pool, I mean, we’re into impossibly rare scenarios.

Drowning deaths happen because kids are unattended near water, or swim in open water they are not ready for, not because they wear blue swimsuits. Focus on the big stuff.

It's amazingly easy to pick a swimsuit that is more visible than blue-every thing helps.

Sure, but that’s like saying “wearing a life vest on an airplane is easy. Perhaps you will die on impact but every little bit helps”. If that’s the extent you want to take things, sure, knock yourself out. The possible benefit is not something I’m going to stress myself over. My kids pick whatever suits they like and I supervise them without distraction in the pool.

This is...not at all the same thing.

But isn’t it? The focus is on not being in a plane crash, not on hoping the life vest you’re wearing on the plane will make the difference after impact. Just like how not allowing your children to ever be unsupervised near water is the focus, not on hoping their orange swim suit will mean an onlooker will notice them floating, alone, in your backyard pool when you weren’t paying attention

No, it's not. It doesn't matter what color your life vest on the plane is, you are going to hit the ground. But having a bright colored swim suit does help you be more visible in the water. NOBODY is saying that being bright colored would help if they are alone and unsupervised.

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Anonymous wrote:This is true but I think we’re talking about a small risk and a very small benefit. I think the point at which you’re relying on a lifeguard to see your submerged kid at the bottom of the pool, I mean, we’re into impossibly rare scenarios.

Drowning deaths happen because kids are unattended near water, or swim in open water they are not ready for, not because they wear blue swimsuits. Focus on the big stuff.

It's amazingly easy to pick a swimsuit that is more visible than blue-every thing helps.

Sure, but that’s like saying “wearing a life vest on an airplane is easy. Perhaps you will die on impact but every little bit helps”. If that’s the extent you want to take things, sure, knock yourself out. The possible benefit is not something I’m going to stress myself over. My kids pick whatever suits they like and I supervise them without distraction in the pool.

This is...not at all the same thing.

But isn’t it? The focus is on not being in a plane crash, not on hoping the life vest you’re wearing on the plane will make the difference after impact. Just like how not allowing your children to ever be unsupervised near water is the focus, not on hoping their orange swim suit will mean an onlooker will notice them floating, alone, in your backyard pool when you weren’t paying attention

No, it's not. It doesn't matter what color your life vest on the plane is, you are going to hit the ground. But having a bright colored swim suit does help you be more visible in the water. NOBODY is saying that being bright colored would help if they are alone and unsupervised.

And if they’re supervised, the color ALSO doesn’t matter, because you should never allow a non swimming child out of arms reach in a pool. So if the color
Doesn’t matter if they’re alone and unsupervised and get into the pool- and the color also doesn’t matter if a parent is standing next to them supervising them in the pool- under what circumstances does the color matter, other than giving mommies a reason to judge other mommies? I’d actually argue that an orange swimsuit gives a false sense of security similar to how a puddle jumper does- you think you can let down your guard a little and stand further away because “I can see her really easily in that orange” or “she has a puddle
Jumper on”. That’s what kills kids- being under the impression that there are safety nets you can put in place to avoid being within arms reach of your non swimming child in the pool. There aren’t.

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I still buy orange or neon for my son and he’s 8. He takes swim lessons where it’s usually 3 kids per instructor, with multiple groups in the pool at once. It can be busy and you bet I always choose a highly visible color - both so I can keep an eye on him but also so if he does need assistance the lifeguard can see him that much more easily. Same thing with visits to the lake. Of course he is supervised, but it’s also a lot easier to keep an eye on him if he is wearing a color that doesn’t blend in with the water.

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Anonymous wrote:This is true but I think we’re talking about a small risk and a very small benefit. I think the point at which you’re relying on a lifeguard to see your submerged kid at the bottom of the pool, I mean, we’re into impossibly rare scenarios.

Drowning deaths happen because kids are unattended near water, or swim in open water they are not ready for, not because they wear blue swimsuits. Focus on the big stuff.

That’s fine, but given the choice I’m buying a bright orange suit over a blue one.

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Anonymous wrote:This is true but I think we’re talking about a small risk and a very small benefit. I think the point at which you’re relying on a lifeguard to see your submerged kid at the bottom of the pool, I mean, we’re into impossibly rare scenarios.

Drowning deaths happen because kids are unattended near water, or swim in open water they are not ready for, not because they wear blue swimsuits. Focus on the big stuff.

It's amazingly easy to pick a swimsuit that is more visible than blue-every thing helps.

Sure, but that’s like saying “wearing a life vest on an airplane is easy. Perhaps you will die on impact but every little bit helps”. If that’s the extent you want to take things, sure, knock yourself out. The possible benefit is not something I’m going to stress myself over. My kids pick whatever suits they like and I supervise them without distraction in the pool.

This is...not at all the same thing.

But isn’t it? The focus is on not being in a plane crash, not on hoping the life vest you’re wearing on the plane will make the difference after impact. Just like how not allowing your children to ever be unsupervised near water is the focus, not on hoping their orange swim suit will mean an onlooker will notice them floating, alone, in your backyard pool when you weren’t paying attention

No, it's not. It doesn't matter what color your life vest on the plane is, you are going to hit the ground. But having a bright colored swim suit does help you be more visible in the water. NOBODY is saying that being bright colored would help if they are alone and unsupervised.

And if they’re supervised, the color ALSO doesn’t matter, because you should never allow a non swimming child out of arms reach in a pool. So if the color
Doesn’t matter if they’re alone and unsupervised and get into the pool- and the color also doesn’t matter if a parent is standing next to them supervising them in the pool- under what circumstances does the color matter, other than giving mommies a reason to judge other mommies? I’d actually argue that an orange swimsuit gives a false sense of security similar to how a puddle jumper does- you think you can let down your guard a little and stand further away because “I can see her really easily in that orange” or “she has a puddle
Jumper on”. That’s what kills kids- being under the impression that there are safety nets you can put in place to avoid being within arms reach of your non swimming child in the pool. There aren’t.

What kills kids is being unnoticed in the water. This can and does happen in a pool with others swimming and adults 'watching'.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is true but I think we’re talking about a small risk and a very small benefit. I think the point at which you’re relying on a lifeguard to see your submerged kid at the bottom of the pool, I mean, we’re into impossibly rare scenarios.

Drowning deaths happen because kids are unattended near water, or swim in open water they are not ready for, not because they wear blue swimsuits. Focus on the big stuff.

It's amazingly easy to pick a swimsuit that is more visible than blue-every thing helps.

Sure, but that’s like saying “wearing a life vest on an airplane is easy. Perhaps you will die on impact but every little bit helps”. If that’s the extent you want to take things, sure, knock yourself out. The possible benefit is not something I’m going to stress myself over. My kids pick whatever suits they like and I supervise them without distraction in the pool.

This is...not at all the same thing.

But isn’t it? The focus is on not being in a plane crash, not on hoping the life vest you’re wearing on the plane will make the difference after impact. Just like how not allowing your children to ever be unsupervised near water is the focus, not on hoping their orange swim suit will mean an onlooker will notice them floating, alone, in your backyard pool when you weren’t paying attention

No, it's not. It doesn't matter what color your life vest on the plane is, you are going to hit the ground. But having a bright colored swim suit does help you be more visible in the water. NOBODY is saying that being bright colored would help if they are alone and unsupervised.

And if they’re supervised, the color ALSO doesn’t matter, because you should never allow a non swimming child out of arms reach in a pool. So if the color
Doesn’t matter if they’re alone and unsupervised and get into the pool- and the color also doesn’t matter if a parent is standing next to them supervising them in the pool- under what circumstances does the color matter, other than giving mommies a reason to judge other mommies? I’d actually argue that an orange swimsuit gives a false sense of security similar to how a puddle jumper does- you think you can let down your guard a little and stand further away because “I can see her really easily in that orange” or “she has a puddle
Jumper on”. That’s what kills kids- being under the impression that there are safety nets you can put in place to avoid being within arms reach of your non swimming child in the pool. There aren’t.

You do know that young swimmers can still get in trouble in the water, right? Or are you keeping your children at arm’s length until they’re 12?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is true but I think we’re talking about a small risk and a very small benefit. I think the point at which you’re relying on a lifeguard to see your submerged kid at the bottom of the pool, I mean, we’re into impossibly rare scenarios.

Drowning deaths happen because kids are unattended near water, or swim in open water they are not ready for, not because they wear blue swimsuits. Focus on the big stuff.

It's amazingly easy to pick a swimsuit that is more visible than blue-every thing helps.

Sure, but that’s like saying “wearing a life vest on an airplane is easy. Perhaps you will die on impact but every little bit helps”. If that’s the extent you want to take things, sure, knock yourself out. The possible benefit is not something I’m going to stress myself over. My kids pick whatever suits they like and I supervise them without distraction in the pool.

This is...not at all the same thing.

But isn’t it? The focus is on not being in a plane crash, not on hoping the life vest you’re wearing on the plane will make the difference after impact. Just like how not allowing your children to ever be unsupervised near water is the focus, not on hoping their orange swim suit will mean an onlooker will notice them floating, alone, in your backyard pool when you weren’t paying attention

No, it's not. It doesn't matter what color your life vest on the plane is, you are going to hit the ground. But having a bright colored swim suit does help you be more visible in the water. NOBODY is saying that being bright colored would help if they are alone and unsupervised.

And if they’re supervised, the color ALSO doesn’t matter, because you should never allow a non swimming child out of arms reach in a pool. So if the color
Doesn’t matter if they’re alone and unsupervised and get into the pool- and the color also doesn’t matter if a parent is standing next to them supervising them in the pool- under what circumstances does the color matter, other than giving mommies a reason to judge other mommies? I’d actually argue that an orange swimsuit gives a false sense of security similar to how a puddle jumper does- you think you can let down your guard a little and stand further away because “I can see her really easily in that orange” or “she has a puddle
Jumper on”. That’s what kills kids- being under the impression that there are safety nets you can put in place to avoid being within arms reach of your non swimming child in the pool. There aren’t.

You do know that young swimmers can still get in trouble in the water, right? Or are you keeping your children at arm’s length until they’re 12?

You know you can still see a young swimmer with blue colored swimsuit in a pool even under water on a cloudy day? This is not a thing.

[Anonymous]

Never been in or around a pool and been surprised by someone wearing a blue swimsuit.

Blue colored swimsuits are not stealth suits.

[Anonymous]

I was at the beach or the weekend and my 6yo was knocked around by a big rough wave. I was standing next to him at the time and was able to pluck him out fairly quickly thanks to his bright orange rash guard. There's no way I would have seen him in the surf so easily otherwise. Would he have died if in blue? Doubtful, but I was glad he didn't have to spend more time thrashing about the breaking surf and getting cut up by the sand.

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Anonymous wrote:This is true but I think we’re talking about a small risk and a very small benefit. I think the point at which you’re relying on a lifeguard to see your submerged kid at the bottom of the pool, I mean, we’re into impossibly rare scenarios.

Drowning deaths happen because kids are unattended near water, or swim in open water they are not ready for, not because they wear blue swimsuits. Focus on the big stuff.

It's amazingly easy to pick a swimsuit that is more visible than blue-every thing helps.

Sure, but that’s like saying “wearing a life vest on an airplane is easy. Perhaps you will die on impact but every little bit helps”. If that’s the extent you want to take things, sure, knock yourself out. The possible benefit is not something I’m going to stress myself over. My kids pick whatever suits they like and I supervise them without distraction in the pool.

This is...not at all the same thing.

But isn’t it? The focus is on not being in a plane crash, not on hoping the life vest you’re wearing on the plane will make the difference after impact. Just like how not allowing your children to ever be unsupervised near water is the focus, not on hoping their orange swim suit will mean an onlooker will notice them floating, alone, in your backyard pool when you weren’t paying attention

No, it's not. It doesn't matter what color your life vest on the plane is, you are going to hit the ground. But having a bright colored swim suit does help you be more visible in the water. NOBODY is saying that being bright colored would help if they are alone and unsupervised.

And if they’re supervised, the color ALSO doesn’t matter, because you should never allow a non swimming child out of arms reach in a pool. So if the color
Doesn’t matter if they’re alone and unsupervised and get into the pool- and the color also doesn’t matter if a parent is standing next to them supervising them in the pool- under what circumstances does the color matter, other than giving mommies a reason to judge other mommies? I’d actually argue that an orange swimsuit gives a false sense of security similar to how a puddle jumper does- you think you can let down your guard a little and stand further away because “I can see her really easily in that orange” or “she has a puddle
Jumper on”. That’s what kills kids- being under the impression that there are safety nets you can put in place to avoid being within arms reach of your non swimming child in the pool. There aren’t.

You do know that young swimmers can still get in trouble in the water, right? Or are you keeping your children at arm’s length until they’re 12?

You know you can still see a young swimmer with blue colored swimsuit in a pool even under water on a cloudy day? This is not a thing.

It is a thing. There has been multiple graphics showing it, besides the one posted here.