I see some mothers (never dads, only moms) take their kids to the beach early in the day, and stay there ALL DAY LONG. I just don't get it. The kids are whining to go home, yet the mom's just send them back out into the water to play some more. Don't even get me started on the fact that very few of them put sunscreen on the kids. There was a poor little tow headed boy, perhaps 3 or 4 years old, already sunburned from who knows how many previous days they had been there and his mom was forcing him out into the water to play.
After a hour I'm ready to leave, but usually stay for another hour as the kids aren't. If my kids had their way, I would be one of the mom's who stayed there all day. I'm sorry though, sitting or laying in the sun all day just doesn't appeal to me. I can tolerate up to 3 hours if I have a good book, but even that is pushing it. I know they are having a blast swimming, but I just don't get off on it.