Disney Ella
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 16, 2003
Pool owners, do you allow kids that aren't friends of your kids and aren't in the same age range of your kids to swim in your pool? We have a 4' deep frameset pool that we put up every summer. It's not anything fancy, but it keeps the kids cool and busy. In previous years, the kids would go in alone or with their friend who lives on our street and would sometimes invite other friends to swim.
A few months ago, the granddaughter of the older couple next door moved in with her husband or boyfriend and three kids (2, 7 and 9/10?). My DDs12 were in the pool with their friends yesterday and DH said that the seven-year-old was at the fence wanting to go in the pool.
On one hand, I don't want to be the neighborhood mean woman, but on the other hand, I don't want to supervise any extra kids. I thought of inviting them over every once in awhile, but they seem to be a little boisterous and I think they would be asking to come over every day. They had no interest in my kids before this and since my dds are almost teenagers, they don't normally hang out with younger kids so I don't think my kids would appreciate having to entertain these kids every day.
How do you handle this kind of situation?
A few months ago, the granddaughter of the older couple next door moved in with her husband or boyfriend and three kids (2, 7 and 9/10?). My DDs12 were in the pool with their friends yesterday and DH said that the seven-year-old was at the fence wanting to go in the pool.
On one hand, I don't want to be the neighborhood mean woman, but on the other hand, I don't want to supervise any extra kids. I thought of inviting them over every once in awhile, but they seem to be a little boisterous and I think they would be asking to come over every day. They had no interest in my kids before this and since my dds are almost teenagers, they don't normally hang out with younger kids so I don't think my kids would appreciate having to entertain these kids every day.
How do you handle this kind of situation?