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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, a parent willing to take all those people to the beach is not planning to supervise much if at all. You can tell by the number of kids the parent is allowing to go. I'd frankly be more worried about riptides and drownings. [/quote]

Drownings?!?

They are teens. Do you supervise them at all times?!?! [/quote]

NP - When they’re in something as powerful and unpredictable as the ocean, then yes, I would want them supervised at all times. Even though they’re aware of the dangers and have been to the beach, they haven’t spent enough time there for the relevant safety skills/awareness to be fully integrated like their safety skills/awareness of being in a city.  Add in the distractions of a bunch of teenage friends who may be even less focused on safety and I think there is reason for concern.  Are all the kids strong swimmers?  Have the hosting parents even bothered to check?  Even though my kids can swim, if their friend gets in trouble and starts to panic, they’re not prepared to safely rescue someone.  Lifeguards are great, but if a beach is packed, they might not catch everything.  It’s not like a pool where there is a limited area to watch, controlled conditions, and there’s always someone nearby.

These kids aren’t graduating seniors about to head off to college, they just finished junior high.[/quote]

+1. I would want my kid supervised as well. Not every kid was on the swim team. [/quote]

Maybe it’s because my experience is with Pacific Ocean beaches—but on my beach trips the extent of going into the water was just maybe going to where you’re knee deep. I’d see a few people actually swimming but for the most part the beach vibe was the main draw. Not actually swimming in the ocean. [/quote]

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