WWYD pool party

[mrsg123]

Would you drop off your 5/6 year old at a pool party? Location is a local rec center, the pool is a wading pool with no deep end. Both parents will be in the water with them. They had the same party last year. I would guess 10-12 kids, all 5 or 6.

Eta: there are lifeguards there.

[sjh722]

I'm not crazy about that idea, no. Are there lifeguards? 12 kids are a lot for 2 adults to watch around water.

I would probably plan to stick around.

[rootbeerfloat]

I would probably stay.

[lostlenore]

No way. If my kid wanted to go to that party, I would stay and be an extra set of eyes.

[DarcyLongfellow]

No way in hell. Even with a strong swimmer, I don't trust other people to watch my kid around water. Drowning happens too quickly, and you only need a couple inches of water to drown in.

[Deleted]

No

[jeaniebueller]

Nope. I would stay.

[curbsideprophet]

I would stay.

[ilikedonuts]

no

[spk926]

12 6 year old and only 2 adults? I would not be comfortable with that and would stay.

[whitemerlot]

No way.

[water*drop]

I would stay.

[elocrates]

Is there a lifeguard on duty as well? By 'wading pool' do you mean it is 6-12" deep or more like 2-3' deep? My newly-7yo is a pretty good swimmer. But kids that age get caught up in what everybody else is doing and don't always make the safest decisions. Mostly, though, I don't trust that the other parents would watch my kid as well as I would in the water. And I assume at some point one of them is going to be away from the pool setting up cake, etc. I'd probably stick around.

[fortmyersbride]

I would stay

[lizlemon19]

no.

[meltoine]

How good of a swimmer is the kid in question?

I swam competitively at 5, as did all my friends. So I'd be ok with a group like that. But beginning/non-swimmers, I'd stay.

ETA: I missed the wading pool part. I'd be ok with that, assuming the water is below their heads when they sit/kneel. 

[mrsg123]

Thanks, all. I think I will stay.

[Deleted]

Absolutely not. I would stay with my kid. Drowning happens SO FAST. two adults cannot watch 10+ kids. Nope.

[whitepicketfence]

I would also stay. I don't trust anyone to be as vigilant in watching my kids as I would be near the water.

[shell24]

My DD1 is almost 7 and a strong swimmer - she's taken lessons for 4 years - and I still would not drop her off at a pool party.  I am a very laid back mom, and person in general, but water terrifies the ever living shit out of me.  It probably doesn't help that we had a personal experience with a water injury. 
She would probably have to be 9 or 10 before I'd leave her at a pool party.  

[chicago]

I would stay for sure. And probably be all up in her business. Water safety stuff freaks me out.

[redpenmama]

I would stay.

And if I were the parent hosting that party, I wouldn't want the responsibility of watching that many kids on my own, so I'd be happy to have other parents stay.

[arebee]

I would stay. I am weird about water though, I don't even really like it when other people bathe DD so I probably have issues.

[Deleted]

Stay for sure.

[kershnic]

Eh. I mean, it depends on my kid and on the depth of the water. But I expect my kids to be able to swim at that age. And we'll have spent a ton of time in the water and I'll have observed their behavior. So I guess I'll be the dissenter and say I'd probably leave them.

My nephews are 5, almost 6, and they're crazy little boys but they can both swim and they'd still be fine in this scenario.

EDIT: I worked a day camp program two summers in college, in the kindergarten classroom.  We took the whole program on a few swimming field trips and I managed my group just fine.

[h]

I dropped my then 6 yo off at a day camp that involved swimming for all of June and July last summer. There were counselors plus lifeguards, which is essentially the same as the parents plus lifeguards in this scenario. So I guess I have done this?

[stealthmom]

If it was a reputable facility- probably. I wouldn't rely on the pparents though.

I send ds to a y day camp with a swim program.

[BlueNotebook]

I would stay. That's a lot of kids that will be extra hyper with the party excitement. It would be too easy for something to happen. Our rec center has two live guards in the kiddy area, plus usually parents watching and I've still pulled littles out of the water because they lost their footing playing with a pack of friends.

[lishie]

I'd stay.

[cosmowife]

I would stay. Especially knowing my boys, they would start roughhousing and one would end up under the water.

This makes me think back to when I was a kid - 4th and 5th grade. We had a pool and we always threw pool parties in the summer. It was just my mom (and sometimes my dad). I can't believe they took on that liability. Our pool was 8.5' deep. I hate having other kids play on my swingset lol.