Granger Smith's 3-year old dies in pool accident

[Anonymous]

This was an accident that was calling while coming. I'm so pissed at the parents because no child deserves it.
I feel sorry for the child, not for the parents. There are plenty of accidents where I feel sorry for the parents, but this is not the one and same goes for the Millers. They had money to hire help.
Our toddler was never out of our sight in our small apartment. Within 20-30 seconds we went looking for him. Ofcourse it was exhausting but worth it.
Back in old country we leave babies outside in strollers to sleep. That one house had a pool, mother didn't put the breaks on and the wind pushed the stroller in the pool.
This was not the only danger though- something flying into the stroller with the wind, dogs, wild animal, strangers.

[Anonymous]

Irresponsible, selfish parents who keep swimming pools in the yard despite drowning being the NUMBER ONE cause of death for toddlers should be criminally charged.

This was foreseeable and preventable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh. Never heard of this person and I don’t have a ton of sympathy for preventable tragedies like this. Watch your kids. Have an alarm on the door leading to the pool. Have a gate around the pool. It’s not rocket science.

Agreed.

You both are heartless.

Nope, just practical. The mother of this child? Was posting gleefully about a honeymoon sans kids and working on her abs 4 days before her 3rd child died.

I wonder where she was while he was falling into the pool and dying alone.

Even if you do everything right, you are still just lowering the probability. It is impossible to prevent every bad thing in life. Karma is a bitch. Hope you don't have to hear this kind of shit when tragedy occurs in your family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was an accident that was calling while coming. I'm so pissed at the parents because no child deserves it.
I feel sorry for the child, not for the parents. There are plenty of accidents where I feel sorry for the parents, but this is not the one and same goes for the Millers. They had money to hire help.
Our toddler was never out of our sight in our small apartment. Within 20-30 seconds we went looking for him. Ofcourse it was exhausting but worth it.
Back in old country we leave babies outside in strollers to sleep. That one house had a pool, mother didn't put the breaks on and the wind pushed the stroller in the pool.
This was not the only danger though- something flying into the stroller with the wind, dogs, wild animal, strangers.

So you want to win the mother-of-the-year award? 20-30 seconds are enough to kill a toddler. Kids 2-8 are on suicidal missions every second.

[Anonymous]

This is why we don’t have a pool, because just like kids being forgotten in cars, ACCIDENTS can happen to anyone and the first step at preventing them is to acknowledge it could happen to you.

So to those of you making these disgusting comments about this situation, I will keep your children’s safety in my prayers as you are all very ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh. Never heard of this person and I don’t have a ton of sympathy for preventable tragedies like this. Watch your kids. Have an alarm on the door leading to the pool. Have a gate around the pool. It’s not rocket science.

Agreed.

There but for the grace of God

[Anonymous]

A lot of abhorrent attitudes on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously we need a common sense national ban on swimming pools.

Honestly, people with small children should not have pools. You cannot watch your kids 100% of the time.

+1. I don’t know these people but I obviously feel very sorry for them. But toddlers and preschoolers are sneaky. I could never relax if I had a house with a pool with young kids at home. Don’t know how people in FL do it where backyard pools are the norm.

Our pool is set back from our house and has a pool fence with a locking gate around it. A child would have to open an exterior door, then open a screen porch door, make his way out into the yard and find a way to scale the pool fence....all without me noticing, which simply wouldn't happen.

[Anonymous]

My heart goes out to these parents. What a terrible tragedy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Irresponsible, selfish parents who keep swimming pools in the yard despite drowning being the NUMBER ONE cause of death for toddlers should be criminally charged.

This was foreseeable and preventable.

You’re an idiot. Are you going to charge parents for living by a body of water, a busy street or parking lot? Kids get away from parents and sometimes there is a tragic accident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously we need a common sense national ban on swimming pools.

Honestly, people with small children should not have pools. You cannot watch your kids 100% of the time.

+1. I don’t know these people but I obviously feel very sorry for them. But toddlers and preschoolers are sneaky. I could never relax if I had a house with a pool with young kids at home. Don’t know how people in FL do it where backyard pools are the norm.

Our pool is set back from our house and has a pool fence with a locking gate around it. A child would have to open an exterior door, then open a screen porch door, make his way out into the yard and find a way to scale the pool fence....all without me noticing, which simply wouldn't happen.

It does happen

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously we need a common sense national ban on swimming pools.

Honestly, people with small children should not have pools. You cannot watch your kids 100% of the time.

+1. I don’t know these people but I obviously feel very sorry for them. But toddlers and preschoolers are sneaky. I could never relax if I had a house with a pool with young kids at home. Don’t know how people in FL do it where backyard pools are the norm.

Our pool is set back from our house and has a pool fence with a locking gate around it. A child would have to open an exterior door, then open a screen porch door, make his way out into the yard and find a way to scale the pool fence....all without me noticing, which simply wouldn't happen.

It does happen

Nothing is impossible I suppose. But at our house it's not simply a matter of slipping out the back door and falling into the pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously we need a common sense national ban on swimming pools.

Honestly, people with small children should not have pools. You cannot watch your kids 100% of the time.

+1. I don’t know these people but I obviously feel very sorry for them. But toddlers and preschoolers are sneaky. I could never relax if I had a house with a pool with young kids at home. Don’t know how people in FL do it where backyard pools are the norm.

Our pool is set back from our house and has a pool fence with a locking gate around it. A child would have to open an exterior door, then open a screen porch door, make his way out into the yard and find a way to scale the pool fence....all without me noticing, which simply wouldn't happen.

It does happen

Nothing is impossible I suppose. But at our house it's not simply a matter of slipping out the back door and falling into the pool.

As a former owner of a house with a pool that had a similar set-up, what worries me the most is that one of my kids would slip out during nap time or when with a babysitter. I just couldn’t relax even though I took all precautions available. We had a safety pool cover that could lock and only be operated by a key, a pool alarm, a fence and alarms in the doors when they were opened. Maybe I was irrational, but it just was too stressful to live there with small children.

Back yard pools kill more kids than guns every year. And I wouldn’t have a gun in my house for fear of one of my children being hurt, even though I would follow all precautions.

[Anonymous]

Some people are not fit to be parents. This is an example of that. I would like to see these parents held accountable for man slaughter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously we need a common sense national ban on swimming pools.

Honestly, people with small children should not have pools. You cannot watch your kids 100% of the time.

+1. I don’t know these people but I obviously feel very sorry for them. But toddlers and preschoolers are sneaky. I could never relax if I had a house with a pool with young kids at home. Don’t know how people in FL do it where backyard pools are the norm.

Our pool is set back from our house and has a pool fence with a locking gate around it. A child would have to open an exterior door, then open a screen porch door, make his way out into the yard and find a way to scale the pool fence....all without me noticing, which simply wouldn't happen.

It does happen

Nothing is impossible I suppose. But at our house it's not simply a matter of slipping out the back door and falling into the pool.

As a former owner of a house with a pool that had a similar set-up, what worries me the most is that one of my kids would slip out during nap time or when with a babysitter. I just couldn’t relax even though I took all precautions available. We had a safety pool cover that could lock and only be operated by a key, a pool alarm, a fence and alarms in the doors when they were opened. Maybe I was irrational, but it just was too stressful to live there with small children.

Back yard pools kill more kids than guns every year. And I wouldn’t have a gun in my house for fear of one of my children being hurt, even though I would follow all precautions.

I mean...technically they could go into the bathroom, fill the tub up with water and drown w/o an adult noticing, right? It would be highly unlikely but it could happen.