Anonymous wrote:To the last few posters:
Why is it always the mom who has to suck it up? deal with it? put on a happy face and watch all the kids and do everything for the kids, while the dad ignores all of his parental responsibility and is a total slacker?
You never ever hear the opposite.
He sucks and needs to step up and be a responsible adult
+1
That being said, assuming the 9 and 13 year old can swim and don't have special needs, I think one parent should be able to manage this. My 71 year old mother takes my three kids under 7 to the pool by herself. But there is no reason it should be the mom's responsibility by default.