quality posts: 16 Private Messages WootBot


Poll: Unsupervised swimming:
  • 69.4% - Nope. Nope, nope, nope. 948
  • 6.5% - As long as there are some strong swimmers there, it’s okay. 89
  • 12.4% - As long as there’s an adult somewhere in earshot, it’s okay. 170
  • 10.7% - Eh, kids are tough. Not my problem. 146
  • 1% - I have a more complex answer that I’ll put in the comments. 13
1366 votes



quality posts: 8 Private Messages ardubu

Add a Baby Ruth...

Ah, the hell with it.


quality posts: 1 Private Messages jeffcazier

It's probably OK, as long as they have a floatation device on that holds them 6 feet out of the water at all times! ;^)


quality posts: 0 Private Messages benesk

Well, if they've been taught to swim and actually know how to, I don't see a problem. but before then... yeah... only swim with an adult in arms reach.


quality posts: 5 Private Messages Boxymoron

There are plenty of circumstances with this one, but for a pool setting, yeah, would rather have an adult, at the very least, nearby, within earshot and not being bothered by something like loud music.


quality posts: 0 Private Messages kelovich

Depends on the age of the kids. My kid is 3. No matter how strong of a swimmer she is, until she is older she will NOT be swimming alone.


quality posts: 108 Private Messages charliecarroll

Of course there should be an adult right there. How else could you enjoy watching them escape from the bag?


quality posts: 5 Private Messages deadeye37

When they're teenagers, no problem. When they're 8-12, they don't need to be watch very much as long as they're decent swimmers or can yell good. 7 and younger needs closer supervision.


quality posts: 0 Private Messages daynajm

One panicked swimmer can drown several other people before you even know what happened. I was a lifeguard and swim instructor for 16 years. I was very lucky only to have had to do three rescues and one of them tried to take me down too. It was a child and thanks to my training we both survived.

No one should ever ever ever swim by themselves. Kids or adults.