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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP.  Ok then, change the question to “swim with each other” or “swim with a friend” without a parent directly watching.  I am going to say 16 if a parent is home and the friends’ parents are ok with it.  18 if you’re not home and limited to a small number of friends.[/quote]

Really?   You'd actually sit there and watch two 15 year old's swimming?[/quote]

I'm not that poster, but we have a backyard pool and while I don't sit on the deck and watch my 15 yo DS and friends the entire time like a hawk, I do keep an eye out.  I look out windows to make sure no one is doing anything dangerous.  I will open the sliding door and yell out there and tell them to cut it out.  I also count heads.  Something I think I'll do until my kids are 35.   :wink:

My DD is 12 and sometimes I'll hang outside closer to her (and her friends), other times I sit at the kitchen table where I can still have a direct sight line to the pool, but I'm not as intrusive on their fun.

To further mortify my kids, before they get in the pool with friends, I go over the rules with them.  I take pool safety VERY seriously.  [/quote]

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