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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no dog in this fight as we never bought a puddle jumper (ironically more so out of cheapness/laziness) but it seems the "documented dangers" are anecdotal? I mean those stories are terrifying but don't kids who have never had puddle jumpers also drown? How do we know it's the puddle jumper at fault and not the lack of supervision?[/quote]

Yes. Reading along here and thinking about it-where I live unfortunately drownings happen due to the large amount of home pools (FL). In news coverage, it's always the child going out the door unnoticed to the pool area, pool gate left open, distracted adults at a party not watching, ect. [b]Small children unfortunately are attracted to water whether they've ever worn a puddle jumper or not. [/b]The issue is an unsecured home pool.

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Very telling that you think this is true. No, this is the result of puddle jumpers and other flotation devices that kids get used to and think they love and are more secure in water than they should. A kid who never uses a flotation device is welllll aware of their limitations.

-swim instructor[/quote]

You think a 2 year old who has never used a flotation device is 'well aware of their limitations' around water??? That is literally a drowning waiting to happen! Please tell me you are not serious.[/quote]

Tell me you’ve never been around a large number of toddlers learning to swim without telling me. If a parent is responsibly teaching their child how to be around water (should start at 6 months) without the use of flotation devices, yes a neurotypical 2 year old 1000% knows their limitations. Drowning prevention isn’t a one and done lesson, it’s taught over years with many building blocks. Flotation devices just knock that down. ISR is proven to be one of the biggest ways to prevent drownings (up there with pool gates) and it’s telling that their *global policy* is no flotation devices for kids ever unless in an open body of water. [/quote]

No 2 year old can be trusted to know their limitations. Please post where you work so we can avoid it.[/quote]

DP who grew up in FL. There is a difference between trusting a 2 year old around water and deciding not to use floaties. I have never used them with any of my 3 kids because I wanted them to know what their bodies actually feel like in water. Kids wearing floaties get comfortable with a straight up and down position, which is a recipe for sinking right to the bottom of the pool.

But even still, I always kept an eye on them around water when they were young. If anything, I think the floaties give parents a false sense of security. Not to mention a lot of drownings happen when no one else is in the pool (meaning the child slipped out during nap time or while the parent thought thu were playing indoors), so these are not times the child would be in any sort of floatation device.

Overall, I just don’t see the point of them. The only device we use is a coast guard certified life jacket while on boats or when my kids were small and playing near the shoreline at the beach. [/quote]

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