Our pool created a rule this summer that no kid (aged 4 and under) can be in the main swimming pool, period. This includes with a parent and regardless of whether or not they are wearing swim diapers. They are only allowed to swim in the baby pool, full stop. You can imagine the controversy this has caused.
I find this to be a ridiculous rule and plan to fight it, but was wondering whether it is more pervasive than I thought. The rationale seems to be related to keeping poop/vomit out of the pool but traditionally, this has not been a problem for this pool and when it has been, it's not exclusively a 4 and under problem! Seems like a sledgehammer to an ant, IMHO.
Code browns are out of control. I don't know why parents can't put their kids in rubber pants but apparently it is problem. I also don't understand why pools even allow non-toilet trained kids in the main pool. I have had way more than a few family outings come to an abrupt halt by some kid dropping the kids off at the lake in the pool. It has gotten to the point where some pools that are close-by we avoid simply because it happens all the time. Y's seem especially incapable of enforcing any sort of rule.
I think this is a fantastic rule. While I agree that 4/unders aren't the sole source of the problem I bet they are the vast majority.
I can't recall a single day growing up where we had this issue. Maybe rules were a bit looser back in the day. Or, maybe, parents didn't think their kids were constitutionally guaranteed the right to unleash the brown furry in a swimming pool full of other people.
Code browns are out of control. I don't know why parents can't put their kids in rubber pants but apparently it is problem. I also don't understand why pools even allow non-toilet trained kids in the main pool. I have had way more than a few family outings come to an abrupt halt by some kid dropping the kids off at the lake in the pool. It has gotten to the point where some pools that are close-by we avoid simply because it happens all the time. Y's seem especially incapable of enforcing any sort of rule.
I think this is a fantastic rule. While I agree that 4/unders aren't the sole source of the problem I bet they are the vast majority.
I can't recall a single day growing up where we had this issue. Maybe rules were a bit looser back in the day. Or, maybe, parents didn't think their kids were constitutionally guaranteed the right to unleash the brown furry in a swimming pool full of other people.
