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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Any parent who would allow someone else’s 12 year old to be in the pool while they are inside in the kitchen is neglectful.  Pool safety is an adult by the pool watching every minute.  [/quote]

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