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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think anyone can argue that diving into a shallow pool has a certain amount of risk with each dive. The crux of the matter is that eventually, after thousands and thousands of kids continue to dive into 3 feet of water over the years, there will be a serious incident someday. Eventually someone will slip or have bad technique and crash into the bottom. Similarly, if you allow public pools to be open while thunder rumbles, probably everyone will be fine this time, but if every pool keeps it up, eventually disaster will strike.

What is also not great is that every kid who attends “pool familiarization” and successfully dives into 3 feet of water, learns, “hey, 3 feet of water is plenty deep!” and they are more likely to try it again at Timmy’s birthday party or the hotel pool. And if you argue that well, it’s a GOOD thing to learn to dive in shallow water, [b]then go teach your child how to ride a bike while texting or run at night wearing all black. [/b]I think this is one of those things that will go by the wayside. Canada is going through it - pools are having to be refurbished to comply with depth requirements.[/quote]

This is a completely unfair analogy. Teaching kids how to dive safely in a controlled environment does not encourage reckless behavior elsewhere.  Riding your bike while texting, or running at night wearing all black is inherently dangerous regardless of context. Whereas shallow water diving can be done safely with proper training and supervision. 
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