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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was growing up, we had a flag pool by the gate to our fenced in backyard (with pool).  We put a certain flag up when it was okay for kids to come over to swim and took it down other times.  The neighbors could check or send their kids to check if the flag was up.  Believe me, when we put the flag up, we had kids come within the half hour to swim.  We also had a rule that if there were more than 3 kids (besides us), that there had to be another adult.  My parents made sure the other parents all understood the rules.  And if their kid was #4 and they couldn't watch, sometimes one mom would call another neighbor and ask if they could go over and help watch the kids.  It took a season or two, but it started to work smoothly once everyone was on-board with the rules and how they worked.

And yes, we had times that we would go out to swim without putting up the flag.  That was usually when either someone in the family wanted to exercise and swim laps or when we weren't going to be around very long and didn't want to encourage folks that might want to swim for a while.[/quote]

Your parents sound like awesome people. [/quote]

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