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[quote=Anonymous]depends a little on personality and maturity (and the current/wave situation, I think).   my 6-year-old niece is an excellent swimmer and can generally be trusted not to go running for the ocean while parent is looking the other way.  so, no lifevest for her at all usually unless she's engaging in watersports or swimming on a day with significant current.  my just-turned-3-year-old niece swims a little and is confident in the water, but certainly has been known to make a break for it, and our beach features unpredictable currents and occasional riptides.  so, she wears the lifejacket if she is anywhere near the water.  my 18-mo-old daughter can't swim at all and might try to make a break for the water, but is also is pretty easy to keep up with.  so, I keep a life jacket on her if we are in the ocean or if she is near the water (ie, playing in the wet sand near the waves), and otherwise not.  I can still run fast enough to catch her if she tries to take off from farther up the beach.  [/quote]

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