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I have a 6 and 4..and I wouldn’t let a 14 year old watch them. You did the right thing in my opinion.

yeah, no one can fault you for looking out for them :)

but at some point, you might do well to get to know that 14 year old… maybe they actually are responsible enough to be left in charge of kids o.O

his parents seem to think so, anyways

you did, it’s not good for little ones to swim without adult supervision. erhaps you could go watch them?

oh dear lord i’m so sorry, i should have said “maybe he actually is” instead of “maybe they actually are” o.O

If you don’t trust the 14 year old, then yes you did the right thing.

However, if you could get away from the house for a few hours and watch them, I think that’d probably make you the coolest mom ever. :D Compromise.

Yes, yes, yes.

14 would possibly be ok to babysit. But not around a pool. Once again my 2 cents.

No worries, they probably don’t have kids…

14, is old enough to watch some kids, and maybe not others, like my cousins and when I was 14, I could make lunch for them and take care of them—if there were a pool then, I know it’d be off limits….unless it were a tiny wading pool…hard to say, not a parent, don’t own a pool.

If you dont want the 14 year old to mind your children then dont let them go,They will forget about it eventually.But if you could watch on them every couple of minutes i dont see any harm of them just going next door.

I mean it’s seems fairly simple for this 14 y/o to watch one kid, but 3? Yeah spooky…

Don’t you have a sprinkler? Ah to be a kid…

Nah did the right thing!
Im only young myself and when my mum doesnt let me go to a party etc. i always reply to her ‘Im not going to treat my kids like that when im older’
But u know what i will hhaa! its just the way it is your being a mum and doing a great job by sounds of it :]

if there down the road dont let them go,I suppose you did right thing and if your kids are still pouting just gte them that pool you were talking about

I think we are all a little bit like our moms!

you did the right thing in my opinion, better safe than sorry!

I had kids of my own when I wasn’t much older than that kid. I’d probably let my kids swim if the 14 year old was reasonably mature.

yes you did the right thing

yeah you did the right thing i would not let my kids go unless i was there or a responsibly adult there.

Oddly enough I used to look after my cousin’s children - I was 13 and they were 2 and 3. But, I suppose the world has changed. Most kids are great and need to be trusted BUT swimming is very dangerous and you need capable adult supervision.

you do have a right because we all know young kids like to or can get distracted easily and your just trying to keep ur kids safe. Maybe you should go over there with them and help keep an eye on them.

yeah u did…… u know like they say SAFTEY FIRST

of course you did the right thing. they may be pouting but they will still be around to pout…it wont kill them to wait untill an adult is available to be there, u might even could go urself for a little while.