Reply to Bode and Morgan Miller's Kids

Forum Index » Entertainment and Pop Culture

Reply to "Bode and Morgan Miller's Kids - bad luck"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Accidental drowning is like the leading cause of death in kids under 2. I have literally nothing positive to say about the parents here, I honestly don't know much about them, but what I do know [b]is that this type of accident can happen to anyone. It is like hot car deaths,[/b] where people like to pontificate about how it couldn't happen to them but the reality is that it can and it happens to good parents and bad parents all alike.

Anyone who is saying they literally ALWAYS had eyes on their child is fooling themselves. Most of us are fortunate in that those moments where kids slipped away didn't end in tragedy. [/quote]

No it can’t. People who keep eyes on their kids at all times at other people’s houses, especially with pools, don’t have this happen to them. People like to say it can happen to anyone to make them feel better but it’s not true. In those cases mistakes were made. If you’re watching your child appropriately it can’t happen that they drown in a pool.[/quote]

You are wrong. I study drowning for a living. Kids have drowned when their parents were using the bathroom.

The key (proven in other countries) is to require four sided (aka isolation) fencing, with a self closing self latching gate around backyard pools.

Legislators are at fault for not requiring this proven measure, to prevent the leading cause of death for toddlers in America.

They deserve protection   Regardless of how informed, mature, sober or responsible their caretakers are. [/quote]

My daughter nearly drowned at age 3 because my husband and I didn’t hear her.  We are not neglectful or abusive.  We were at a garden party and my daughter just slipped into the pool.  [b]Thank goodness my husband noticed she was missing. [/b] I am terrified of drowning: it’s silent and it’s fast.[/quote]

How was she missing if you were closely watching her? We generally didn’t go to parties with our toddlers, especially if there was a pool. [/quote]

Congratulations you win[/quote]

NP here and not sure why the snark, but I did exactly the same when my dc were that age. Where I lived then (CT) most pools are not fenced or covered. Where I live now (FL) most pools are caged in, but many older homes do not have the enclosure fence (which is code now I think). I had to constantly lock my ex-inlaws door because they always left it open, even when the toddler grandchildren came over...we didn't spend much time there due to this issue.

To the pp's getting a cover-those are good but make sure no kids can get 'under' the cover. Ask the installer. Kids have gotten under and drowned.[/quote]

+1 yep. Basic pool safety 101. Some people get it and some don’t. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics