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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid with the summer birthday doesn't even do summer swim, so this rule doesn't benefit my family. But I actually find it HILARIOUS that it upsets people this much because if you actually had to deal with a kid with an early August birthday, like we do, you'd deal with this problem constantly, all the time. Your kid is the youngest in class, the shortest in class. Your kid can't go to camp with their friends because they are in a different age bracket. Your kid is the last to lose a tooth, last to hit puberty, last to drive. No one is in town for your kid's birthday. And on and on, it's exhausting.

But those of you without summer birthday kids encounter this one time and are like "nope, we have to change the rules." Amazing. Guess I should have been lobbying for different cut off dates for schools, camps, and activities all these years instead of just sucking it up and teaching my kid to suck it up too.[/quote]

Agree. This is one time when my summer birthday kids have an advantage. My nearly 14 year old is going to be pissed next year though when all his fellow 9th graders are able to get life guarding jobs next summer and he’s not old enough until late august,[/quote]

Obviously you agree. The divided people between the line in the sand has parents/kids who this rule helps (for the rule) and those it hurts (against the rule). Your kid lifeguarding or not has nothing to do with this rule. The lifeguarding age rule applies to everyone. [/quote]

So does the summer swim age rule.[/quote]

No, it doesn’t. It applies to NVSL. Lifeguarding applies to all kids, everywhere all days of the year. [/quote]

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