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[quote=Anonymous]Is the pond deep enough to be a genuine threat to a kindergartner? Does your kid know how to swim? (Yes, I realize kids can drown in the bathtub, but there is a huge difference between a 2 foot deep koi pond and a 5+ foot deep actual pond in terms of the parental supervision necessary for a 5 year old.) If yes and no, I definitely wouldn't let him go back. Parents are probably free range-y (fine with me) and trust their own kid -- who probably has lots of experience with it by now/a history of trustworthy behavior/can likely swim -- near the pond. If yes and yes, I'd think about how much I trusted my kid and have a chat w/ him about it. If no and yes, I'd let him go back (unless I had other reasons to be concerned) without much of a second thought. If no and no, I'd talk to him about the pond and probably want to check it out myself; I'd warn the mom my kid didn't know how to swim, which would probably pass the message of my general unease along w/o being directly accusatory. If he was still invited/I trusted my kid, I'd probably let him go. All that said, if this is a boy he's good friends with, I'd make sure he learns how to swim if he doesn't know yet and have a talk with him about how to behave given the kind of freedom he enjoys at that house.[/quote]

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