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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up on a river with a beach and my families rule was you wear a life jacket as soon as you arrive at the beach and you wear it at all times unless you’re sitting with an adult taking a break. We’ve adopted this basically for our own kids and do it at the pool and ocean too. It works because it’s busy, there’s a lot of other people, my kids impulsively run into the water before telling people, there are a lot of distractions for the parents and often alcohol. I know I’m never able to 100% watch all my kids. We only use real life jackets, which do require the kids to learn some actual skills rather than the puddle jumper that keeps them upright without much effort. I’m not sure when we’ll remove them, I think we’ll still wear them next summer at least for my oldest who is currently 4.5. I really like this because it’s given my kids independence to be able to walk down to the ocean by themselves and fill up a bucket, for my 4.5 to jump off the diving board, etc.[/quote]

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