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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are not being ridiculous. Kids at these big camps, particularly when they are on "field trips" to water parks, are essentially on their own in terms of supervision. If a kid is a strong, independent swimmer than I wouldn't worry. If a child needs water wings to swim confidently than they should NOT be going on one of these trips under the supervision of a bunch of teens. People can tell you that you are overprotective but when it comes to water safety, this is too important not to be concerned.[/quote]

If the camp goes to the NVRPA water parks, I would be concerned. We have had summer passes for the last several years and seriously almost every time a camp is there, the lifeguards save a "camp" kid. There is a camp called "Chesterbrook" that is the worst. We saw them several times at the Bull Run waterpark and once, they had 3 kids saved in about an hour. The camp workers don't even get in the pool or have on bathing suits.

I would be fine with an 8+ year old who was a strong swimmer but a 6 year old doing a camp outing at a waterpark? No way. I am not a crazy overprotective mom either, but the parks get very crowded and honestly, the ratios they bring seem crazy to me. We would see one camp counselor leading a group of 15+ kids into the pool. How can one person watch 15 swimmers? Even a super vigilant person only has one set of eyes. I think they love these outings because the kids have fun and are occupied and they basically use the lifeguards are babysitters but IMO they are not safe for younger kids. [/quote]

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