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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't remember exactly, but pretty old. Like 4 or 5. And even then I could hear them the whole time and if it was silent I would run back up.

That might seem extreme but kids can be surprisingly dumb. Fall over on their face and be so disoriented they don't just sit up. I saw an 18 mo old get rescued at the pool. He was in about 6 inches of water and fell in face first. His parent was sitting right next to him talking to someone else and the little dude just splashed around for about 10 seconds before the life guard ran over. I was even standing there, watching, and not processing what was going on.

It's why there are life guards at the bottom of waterslides for big kids and grown ups. I always thought it was dumb and then I saw a video of a grown man stopped at the bottom of the slide, face up underwater, just thrashing his arms around instead of sitting up. The lifeguard literally had to save him.

So...yeah. At least 4 or 5.[/quote]

Both of my sons are lifeguards.  They have both gone in after kids whose parents were sitting/standing at the edge of the pool.  This scenario is more common than most people think.  They said it's 50/50 that they get thanked or yelled at by the parents after.[/quote]

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