Anonymous wrote:24/7. My pool is 15 feet from my back door.

Same.

Not in DC so we have a pool, but thankfully don’t have to “go”. Friday night 330-8 or so. It was at least 9am-6pm both days sat/Sun, aside from snack breaks. It’s exhausting just supervising because I can’t get anything done.

Oh, and she has had friends over since before 4 today.

Yay summer.

24/7. My pool is 15 feet from my back door.

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Anonymous wrote:What are your kids doing at the pool for so long? Are there a lot of friends around? Genuinely curious. Mine (4 and 6) get bored after an hour. They don't make friends easily and apparently don't like each other much at the moment either.

Op - older kids go off with friends. If their friends aren’t there they find other kids to play with. Sometimes they play with each other or come find me.

Youngest kid (4 years old) will go off the diving board or slide non stop till he passes out.

Is this a long winded way of bragging that a four year old uses the diving board?

DP here. Doesn't sound remotely like a brag to me. Are you hypersensitive about your child's lack of swimming skills?

No but this post is weird and competitive. Who cares what other people are doing like this? There were a bunch of comments to that effect last night that have since disappeared!

Op - I think the only posts that have disappeared are the ones who are wishing that my kids get skin cancer.

And no I am not bragging about my kid. Someone asked what they do at the pool for hours. That is what they do. They swim and jump and go down the slide.

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Anonymous wrote:What are your kids doing at the pool for so long? Are there a lot of friends around? Genuinely curious. Mine (4 and 6) get bored after an hour. They don't make friends easily and apparently don't like each other much at the moment either.

Op - older kids go off with friends. If their friends aren’t there they find other kids to play with. Sometimes they play with each other or come find me.

Youngest kid (4 years old) will go off the diving board or slide non stop till he passes out.

Is this a long winded way of bragging that a four year old uses the diving board?

DP here. Doesn't sound remotely like a brag to me. Are you hypersensitive about your child's lack of swimming skills?

No but this post is weird and competitive. Who cares what other people are doing like this? There were a bunch of comments to that effect last night that have since disappeared!

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Anonymous wrote:What are your kids doing at the pool for so long? Are there a lot of friends around? Genuinely curious. Mine (4 and 6) get bored after an hour. They don't make friends easily and apparently don't like each other much at the moment either.

Op - older kids go off with friends. If their friends aren’t there they find other kids to play with. Sometimes they play with each other or come find me.

Youngest kid (4 years old) will go off the diving board or slide non stop till he passes out.

Is this a long winded way of bragging that a four year old uses the diving board?

DP here. Doesn't sound remotely like a brag to me. Are you hypersensitive about your child's lack of swimming skills?

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Anonymous wrote:What are your kids doing at the pool for so long? Are there a lot of friends around? Genuinely curious. Mine (4 and 6) get bored after an hour. They don't make friends easily and apparently don't like each other much at the moment either.

Op - older kids go off with friends. If their friends aren’t there they find other kids to play with. Sometimes they play with each other or come find me.

Youngest kid (4 years old) will go off the diving board or slide non stop till he passes out.

Is this a long winded way of bragging that a four year old uses the diving board?

My kids are still nappers (4 and almost 3). We hit the pool for 2 hours Saturday morning and the splash pad for 2 hours Sunday morning.

I went back to the pool Saturday afternoon/early evening while my husband handled nap/snack/playtime at home (we have A/C).

Love hot days at the pool!!

Anonymous wrote:What are your kids doing at the pool for so long? Are there a lot of friends around? Genuinely curious. Mine (4 and 6) get bored after an hour. They don't make friends easily and apparently don't like each other much at the moment either.

Op - older kids go off with friends. If their friends aren’t there they find other kids to play with. Sometimes they play with each other or come find me.

Youngest kid (4 years old) will go off the diving board or slide non stop till he passes out.

Anonymous wrote:What are your kids doing at the pool for so long? Are there a lot of friends around? Genuinely curious. Mine (4 and 6) get bored after an hour. They don't make friends easily and apparently don't like each other much at the moment either.

I have a 4 year old. I have pool toys. I get in and play with her. There’s a playground so she’ll go and swing. She’ll play with other kids. We eat lunch. Time flies. She is so happy, I have to drag her out.

4-7pm on Friday (we get pizza at the pool)
7-11am swim meet Saturday morning
2-7pm Saturday evening
2-6pm Sunday

We love the pool!

0 on Saturday because we had tennis and golf in the morning and were too exhausted! 3 on Sunday afternoon.

What are your kids doing at the pool for so long? Are there a lot of friends around? Genuinely curious. Mine (4 and 6) get bored after an hour. They don't make friends easily and apparently don't like each other much at the moment either.

About 6rs over the weekend

About 2 hours each day, all in the evenings. Our pool is small and gets full shade after about 4pm. We ate dinner there twice, which was delightful.

Zero time in the heat of the day though.