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[quote=Anonymous]My kids are both on swim team so can swim 500m without stopping.  They're 9 and 11 yo now and it's their third year on swim team, so they've been swimming well for a while.

For us, life jackets at the ocean really depends on what the waves and current are like.  Some beaches are perfectly calm and I'm fine with no life jackets.  Others have strong waves and are prone to riptides.  Then we do life jackets for sure.  It's super beach dependant for us.

We do visit a deep, dark lake and up until last summer there was a rule that if kids headed out of the house towards the water they needed a life jacket on.  Literally anytime they were behind the house, even if on land and not on the dock.  We loosened up a bit last year and let them swim off the dock while watched without life jackets. I'm sure we'll keep heading in that direction.

This summer I think we're at the point where the kids can also fish, read a book, or watch the sunset off the dock without a life jacket, possibly without being closely watched by an adult.  They'll always have one on with a moving boat or tubing/water skiing.  That's non-negotiable.[/quote]

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