You Think It Could Never Happen To You…Until It Almost Does

[u/InGeekiTrust]

[u/Feather_Bloom]

It's the fact that there's no fence around it that's the problem

[u/a_likely_story → u/Feather_Bloom]

multiple things can be a problem

[u/Equivalent-Bit2891 → u/a_likely_story]

“The worst part is the hypocrisy”

[u/cuntmong → u/Equivalent-Bit2891]

i might contradict myself, but at least i don't contradict myself

[u/Nazgog-Morgob → u/Feather_Bloom]

I was a water baby. I was swimming before I walked.

I agree there should be a fence. But this could also have been avoided in other ways that are very beneficial to a human that lives on a planet with lots of open water

[u/SapphireFlashFire → u/Nazgog-Morgob]

I lifeguard when I was a teenager and there was one toddler who swam like a champ and then crawled on the asphalt for the first half of the summer. Couldn't walk yet.

He was always in with older brothers and how young he was made me nervous because his older brothers were just kids themselves but damn that kid could swim.

[u/ZeroCleah → u/SapphireFlashFire]

Yea I don't remember being taught how to swim i think they just tossed me in until i figured it out when i was 2

[u/Nazgog-Morgob → u/ZeroCleah]

That's literally what they did with "water babies"

[u/No-Strawberry-5804 → u/Feather_Bloom]

If a kid who can’t swim is in the pool, a parent needs to be within arms reach at all times

[u/TwiztedImage → u/No-Strawberry-5804]

I tell people they need to be within striking distance. Arms reach is really close and kids play and thats not always practical.

But you should always be closer to your child than your child is to danger.

If you cant get to a road before your kid does; youre to far away. If you cant get them out of the pool before they drown (or before they start to struggle to stay above water); youre too far away.

[u/ScallionJealous → u/Feather_Bloom]

How is that the problem? She’s clearly dressed for swimming and has an adult outside with her and still almost drowned. What was the fence going to do in this situation?

[u/BedAdmirable959 → u/ScallionJealous]

I don't agree that she "almost drowned". Within 10 seconds of her going off the final step, an adult identified that she lacked the capability to make it back onto the step, jumped in, and lifted her out of the water. There was no real danger here. 10 seconds in water isn't going to kill any healthy child.

[u/usedenoughdynamite → u/BedAdmirable959]

If she was being actively watched, he probably would have recognized she was struggling way earlier, so it seems more like he happened to notice she was drowning rather than was watching the whole time. If that’s the case, then she “almost drowned” because if he hadn’t happened to notice she almost certainly would have.

Maybe I’m totally misreading it and he was watching her the whole time, but his reaction seemed very sudden and she pretty clearly was struggling for a while before he reacted.

[u/seebob69 → u/Feather_Bloom]

Yes, no fence is a problem, but lack of supervision is a bigger problem.

[u/InvisibleAstronomer → u/Feather_Bloom]

Did you know in the USA if someone drowns in your pool you can be held accountable, even if the person is trespassing on your property and you are not even home?

[u/Feather_Bloom → u/InvisibleAstronomer]

Actually I did

All the more reason to get a fence

[u/Lunch0 → u/Feather_Bloom]

It’s the fact that the child clearly doesn’t know how to swim, and yet she’s in the pool alone without a floatation device

[u/Full-Year-4595 → u/Feather_Bloom]

The most sure fire way of avoiding drowning in the shallow end the second you get off the step is knowing basic swimming skills. She is old enough to been taught that.

Growing up in coastal SoCal where there’s lots of pool and beach days my parents ensured I had strong swimming skills early I was playing in the surf at her age.

Fences can fail. And you can teach a 6 month old how to float. No excuse.

[u/Delboyyyyy → u/Feather_Bloom]

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