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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this isn’t helpful for you op but I hope other parents reading this take this as a lesson- parents should never use water wings to start with. They do not help kids to swim. [/quote]

I don’t get the fearmongering about Puddle Jumpers, as long as you’re also teaching kids to swim and watching them closely. My kids both used Puddle Jumpers during play time in the pool when they were toddlers. But, we also had them in Goldfish lessons weekly starting when they were 2. We ditched the puddle jumpers around 4, and had them swimming legal strokes on a summer swim team (full team, not junior team) starting during the summer they were 5.  [/quote]

Puddle Jumpers don’t help kids at all. And many many parents overrely on them and have a false sense of security when their kids are wearing them. [/quote]

Puddle jumpers are fine. They are a Coast Guard approved floatation device. Parents can over-rely on anything, including water wings (which are NOT USCG approved and are actually dangerous in water).[/quote]

It's like anything else, water wings are supposed to be used when the kid is within arms reach. Not to swim alone. With proper use they serve a purpose. It's like those recalled Bumbo seats, they weren't inherently dangerous but stupid people put kids in them on countertops, using them unsafely.[/quote]

As a former lifeguard, I disagree. Water wings are unsafe. I have seen them float up to a child's wrists. Then, their hands are above water. Great! They still can't breathe. And, again, as a former lifeguard, parents who are actively paying attention to their children (even those within arms reach) are uncommon. The number of dad's I had to tell to take their child off of their back because they were standing too low in the water for their kids face to be consistently above water was appalling.

Do NOT use water wings on your children. Use puddle jumpers or another coast guard approved floatation device. Even if you plan to have your eyes on your within arms reach child at all times.[/quote]

Right so, again, they don't fit and aren't being used properly. But most parents aren't that bright which is why this happens.[/quote]

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