Anonymous wrote:An attorney in Gaithersburg is alleging that "adult swim" time at HOA/COA run pools is a violation of the Fair Housing Act. He claims adult only swim time discriminates against families because it means "certain members of the family can’t use the pool when other individuals can." So his HOA pool is renaming that break time to "lap swim time".

https://www.fox5dc.com/amp/news/local-news/controversy-brewing-over-adults-only-swim-time-in-gaithersburg-community?fbclid=IwAR1bFAdUI2vpOXX28--83q8mm4utzCoJ2bVS_qKS8VgsXtZKYwPHbggozDI#.XO6VqKqQGmg.facebook

Seriously, what is this world coming to?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm so glad about it. It's about time.
You don't decide whether my kid is tired or not. I decide that. Do I get 25% discount on my kids since pool is not available to them 15 minutes in an hour?
If lifeguards need a break, then all need to come out of the water. Nobody should decide who gets to be in it and how long based on gender, age,race or what have you.
If you decide that my kid needs a break, maybe your grandma needs a break and you. The sun can make anybody need a break.
If my kid needs to use a bathroom, maybe your grandma should use a bathroom and change her swim-diaper.
We don't decide who takes a break and who doesn't based somebody's age. Same goes for swimming ability-you don't decide that my 8-year old who can swim, can't swim but your grandma who never learned to swim can, or she woudln't be in the pool. Grandma can't swim but nobody would suspect her because why is grandma at the pool. So, while you are too busy getting the kids out who have guardians more likely than not, you don't see grandma drowning because grandma adult and you expect grandma to know better. Grandma lost her top long ago and wondered to the pool.
Even when experience tells you that kids need saving more often than grandmas, you don't decide to keep them out at some point. And if you do, the same break applies to all. What's the big deal if breaks are so important?
They are not important. They are there to give grown-ups the time and many have come to love that time. Even if you love that time and have convinced yourself that this is the best for the kids, it's against FHA.
You don't want kids at your pool, you go to grown-ups only pool. You want kids out, you also take the grown-ups out for the same amount. Problem solved and all happy. Don't argue with the law. Go change it if you don't like it, but don't act like it isn't there. In fact, it's time to apply it.
You want grown-up only time, match it with children only time. All happy, all get a break at some point. except grown-ups don't want the break. Well, neither do kids.

Let me guess, you don’t vaccinate either, do you?

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Anonymous wrote:I would not have a problem with getting kids out of the lap lanes even for half hour every hour if you must but getting kids out of the water entirely was so insane. Some days are so unbearable hot and getting them out of the water just because one person had to stay in the pool?
Nobody asked for this and someone made this insane rule while it is mostly families with kids and not solo swimmers by the pools.

Actually, in most pools kids are required to be out of the lap lanes the ENTIRE TIME that someone is trying to swim laps, not just for a half hour every hour. The second that an adult starts swimming laps in a designated lap lane, every single (non lap-swimming) child should immediately skeddadle out of that lane and stay out until the lap swimmer is done. it’s ok if they need to cross the lane to get to a ladder but they should be carefull not to impede the progress of the lap swimmer.

If you’re not teaching your children this, you’re not doing your job. I always feel bad for kids who look embarrassed when I tell them they’re not allowed to be in the lane - I try to be kind about it ( but firm) because I know that it’s not their fault that their parents aren’t teaching them basic manners.

We have lap lanes and kids usually not to go in there even if nobody is there. We have few people doing laps where there are no lanes. Kids are expected to get out of their way also and they usually do.
We also allow people to read books in the pool. Kids have to splash less or none when somebody with a book enters the pool.

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Anonymous wrote:My HOA pool still has the rule, how one goes about changing it legally?

One doesn't.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not have a problem with getting kids out of the lap lanes even for half hour every hour if you must but getting kids out of the water entirely was so insane. Some days are so unbearable hot and getting them out of the water just because one person had to stay in the pool?
Nobody asked for this and someone made this insane rule while it is mostly families with kids and not solo swimmers by the pools.

Actually, in most pools kids are required to be out of the lap lanes the ENTIRE TIME that someone is trying to swim laps, not just for a half hour every hour. The second that an adult starts swimming laps in a designated lap lane, every single (non lap-swimming) child should immediately skeddadle out of that lane and stay out until the lap swimmer is done. it’s ok if they need to cross the lane to get to a ladder but they should be carefull not to impede the progress of the lap swimmer.

If you’re not teaching your children this, you’re not doing your job. I always feel bad for kids who look embarrassed when I tell them they’re not allowed to be in the lane - I try to be kind about it ( but firm) because I know that it’s not their fault that their parents aren’t teaching them basic manners.

Anonymous wrote:My HOA pool still has the rule, how one goes about changing it legally?

Anonymous wrote:It’s a safety check — of the bottom of the pool!

Anonymous wrote:My HOA pool still has the rule, how one goes about changing it legally?

Anonymous wrote:I would not have a problem with getting kids out of the lap lanes even for half hour every hour if you must but getting kids out of the water entirely was so insane. Some days are so unbearable hot and getting them out of the water just because one person had to stay in the pool?
Nobody asked for this and someone made this insane rule while it is mostly families with kids and not solo swimmers by the pools.

Anonymous wrote:It is also easier to schedule the day. We leave at the next adult swim, etc.

Anonymous wrote:The fair housing act can discriminate against age. It's the only demographic that does allow discrimination. Hence senior living communities where you have to be over a certain age to live there.