Banning kids from my neighborhood pool last summer started a whole chain reaction

I was at the Oakwood community pool in July when a mom yelled at the lifeguard for her kid cannonballing. Now the HOA wants to ban anyone under 12 during peak hours. Should they protect the peace or let kids be kids?

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logan56123d ago

The Oakwood HOA board meeting last August had 47 residents show up to argue about this exact thing. I was there and honestly, I'm on the side of banning the kids during peak hours. Look, I get it, kids want to have fun and cannonballs are part of that. But when a 9 year old does a massive splash right next to a 70 year old woman trying to do her water aerobics, that's not peace anymore. The pool isn't a playground, it's a shared space with adults paying high HOA fees to chill after work. Letting kids run wild during 4pm to 7pm on weekdays just turns it into a chaotic water park where nobody over 25 can actually swim laps or relax. There are plenty of other hours for kids to be kids.

anna49123d ago

Yeah but I kinda feel like that's missing the point. Kids don't really have "plenty of other hours" when school and homework and dinner time takes up most of the day. 4 to 7pm is literally when families get home and have a chance to go to the pool together. The HOA fees adult pay cover the whole family, not just the adults. If the issue is a few kids cannonballing near someone doing water aerobics, that's more of a designated lap lane or quiet hours problem than a ban on kids existing during dinner time.

price.ben7d ago

Protect the peace" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. Idk, seems like if you don't want kids splashing at a public pool, maybe that's more of a membership issue than a ban on kids existing during the only window they can actually go.