I am one of the "no" moms .... DD has a hard time with it but I just go with my gut. She is 10 and is very upset that I wouldn't let her go to a 9:45 movie at the mall last night with a couple of girls whos parents never say no. Why does a 10 yr old need to be dropped off at midnight??
No life guards? How many kids to the one parent? Will the parents actually watch the kids? Our neighborhood pool doesn't have a life guard. There was a family that had a pool party for a 12 year old last summer with 3 adults there for the kids. You know what they did? Sat under the picnic tables outside the pool area while I kept telling their party guests to not jump on my kids, stop running, look before you jump, etc. I was shocked nobody got hurt.
I would probably let my 14 yr old go to wet n wild with another family but I probably wouldn't let her go to a water activity site with a bunch of kids and few adults. I would join in or tell her sorry.
It sucks being the parent that says no