Hi all,
I am the president of my team, and we recently instituted a policy after having an increasing number of parents bringing children along to workout. (Usually in the case of both parents being swimmers, and one swims while the other watches the child, and then they switch off for the next workout.) We found a need to institute a policy after seeing a wide range of what parents considered to be acceptable behavior, and to be an acceptable level of supervision.
I am wondering if any of you would be willing to share any info about this subject at your team. I am wondering:
- Are members at your team allowed to bring children with them to workouts?
- Does your team have a written policy about this subject (for example, child must have an adult supervising them, child cannot be within a certain distance of the pool, etc.)? If so, can you share the wording of that policy?
Thanks for any info!
Parents
Former Member
Originally posted by roseth
Like, at what age is it ok for a child to be alone on the deck? What is considered adequate supervision? Is a parent swimming while their infant is in a stroller on the side of the pool adequate? What about parents who take offense to lifeguards' authority?
For liability reasons most likely, children under the age of twelve need a parent according to our YMCA rules. If the lifeguard gets any grief doing his job, the director will politely ask the troublesome members to leave.
Leaving kids on deck, especially infants in strollers sounds like a bad idea. An attorney's dream case if that baby ever wound up in the water, no matter how well intentioned the set up is. Liability would fall directly on the facility for creating the recipe of a potential drowning.
It sounds like the kids need to have some supervised group fun.
Originally posted by roseth
Like, at what age is it ok for a child to be alone on the deck? What is considered adequate supervision? Is a parent swimming while their infant is in a stroller on the side of the pool adequate? What about parents who take offense to lifeguards' authority?
For liability reasons most likely, children under the age of twelve need a parent according to our YMCA rules. If the lifeguard gets any grief doing his job, the director will politely ask the troublesome members to leave.
Leaving kids on deck, especially infants in strollers sounds like a bad idea. An attorney's dream case if that baby ever wound up in the water, no matter how well intentioned the set up is. Liability would fall directly on the facility for creating the recipe of a potential drowning.
It sounds like the kids need to have some supervised group fun.
