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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are not being ridiculous or overly protective.  I went to a summer camp like this in 1st grade (back in the late 80s).

We had high school/early college aged camp counselors and they rarely went into the pools with us. They sat at the concession stand and talked to one another.

I had a drowning accident in 4 feet of water - I was not a very strong swimmer and wandered too far away from the wall I was clinging on to.  I was rescued during the hourly safety breaks and given CPR by a paramedic.

I suggest doing a little "spying" of the counselors and making sure that are in there with those kids and not just socializing.[/quote]

Very similar story and time frame; I was probably 5 or 6 just starting swimming lessions. Similar age and acting counslors (who my mother knew, and their families, it was a small town)
Basically to make a short story of it, my mother pulled up a few minutes early looked in the pool and I was on the bottom of the deep end. She freaked out, I remember waking up to one of the counslors doing mouth to mouth. I was fine, but it could have been bad. We all have our things we freak out about. I am sure your kid will be fine, but things happen. I would do some spying and make sure it is a good enviroment, which I am sure it is.[/quote]

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