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[quote=Anonymous]I used to nanny for a family I met when I was a swim team coach/lifeguard at their country club.  When I became their nanny, the parents trusted me completely and didn't give me any rules.  My own rules were

1.  6 year old could be in the shallow end alone, but could not cross the barrier to the deep end unless I was with her.  She had passed the deep end test at both pools but I didn't want her in there without me. 
2.  8 year old was allowed to be in the deep end without me but she knew I was keeping a close eye on her.  She also understood that the first time I saw her do something dangerous (jump too close to a kid, play a game where she pushed someone out of the water, etc) we left the pool immediately.   If she did something like splash someone or something similar, she got one warning and had to sit out for 20 min.  She did it again and we would leave.  We had to leave the pool twice in  a summer.

Thankfully the kids wanted to play with me, so I was in the water 90% of the time playing anyways.  [/quote]

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