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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]10 year olds can hang out at your pool without a lifeguard or their parents. Have you or your husband (or older sibling) in charge of supervising and the other parents runs the party. This must be a rich person thing. I grew up solidly middle class and lots of people had pools but never heard of someone hiring a lifeguard.[/quote]

I live in AZ and a huge number of people have backyard pools, obviously. We’ve been to a fair number of (middle class) backyard parties with a hired lifeguard - but usually these are large parties where the whole family is invited and there are kids of various ages present. In that case, a lifeguard is a smart idea IMO.

Pool parties for younger kids <8 or so are very uncommon even though most people have a pool. I think most host parents don’t want to deal with it. I have 3 DC and I don’t think we have ever been to a pool party geared towards younger kids. Usually these parties are at a venue or even if at home, the pool is fenced and off limits.

Pool parties are very common for older DC but I can’t imagine anyone hiring a lifeguard for a small group of older kids. Very odd. Usually the parents just loosely supervise. All of the kids can swim quite well by that age but I do know this can be different in other areas.

It also depends on the type of pool IMO. A pool with a diving board (not common in my area- only in a handful of older homes) is different than the “play pools” (usually max 5-6ft) that are more common here. Diving boards make me nervous and require a lot more supervision IMO. Kids do dumb things. [/quote]

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