[MR] Children and Classic Swimming Holes

[Terelyn Marks]

I'm going to jump in with my two pence worth -- I was at the Classic 
Swimming Hole at the same time with the lady expressing her concerns.

I was less worried about nudity and small children as I was the fact that 
there were several unsupervised children in the water and the parents were 
nowhere to be found.  Or, if they were there, they weren't keeping an eye on 
their own kids.  So, those of us adults with no children were put in the 
position of watching out for them.  Even though some of the 'little 
darlings' were incredibly annoying, we really didn't want to see them drown!

The water where we were was about waist-deep and there were some small boys 
that had to be told repeatedly NOT to try diving from the bank into it.  
There was one little girl that decided we were there to entertain her and 
spent a lot of time pushing, shoving and poking at the adults around her 
until someone finally told her to go away.  I think at that point, she found 
someone else to pester.  She, btw, was the one that managed to kick one of 
the men there as she jumped past him.  I do know that we asked several times 
if the parents of these children were here and if they were, they chose to 
ignore them.

I don't mind having the kids there, as long as they're being supervised by 
their parents or another designated adult.  If someone isn't watching them, 
they don't belong in the water at all.

Marsaili Johnston



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votes.





>From: Achbar ibn Ali <achbar at bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: achbar at bellsouth.net
>To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
>Subject: [MR] Children and Classic Swimming Holes
>Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:47:46 -0400
>
>Children have long been a part of the landscape at the classic
>swimming hole.
>The fact that this is your first Pennsic means that you don't have the
>direct
>experience with the history of the swimming hole, and that can readily
>account for your discomfort. My experience suggests that the classic
>hole
>does qualify (in a manner) as a "nudist colony" type of place with a
>family
>atmosphere. I'll concede that my experience is not as up to date as it
>could
>be, since I've not been down there for a couple of years.
>
>
>I was there this past year.  There is no reason to fear for Children.
>
>
>
>Achbar
>
>
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