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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pools are dangerous for small children. It was a deal breaker when we were house hunting.[/quote]

Yes, I posted earlier.  My husband had a childhood friend who died by drowning (daytime kids party at a private home, the friend went to the pool area to retrieve something, didn't return and they found him in the pool by the wall, they think he tripped, fell in, panicked and drowned).  What I didn't say was that I was a nationally ranked swimmer when I was a kid and teen, so I really wanted a pool because swimming is important to me.  Anyway, our compromise was no pool at our house for me but our kids would learn to float, turn over and swim as soon as possible.  I wanted them safe in pools but also anytime they are near the water, like fishing from a dock or on a motorboat or sailboat.  But that's why we don't have a pool at our house.  It still gives my husband the heebie jeebies when we're at a house with a pool - and our kids are all in their teens or older, and great swimmers.[/quote]

I want to point out, too, that it is important that kids know how to react to an unexpected interaction with water.  Similar to sailing lessons where kids spend their first days practicing rolling the boat and getting out, kids need to be taught what to do when they are unexpectedly in water, either by falling off the side of the pool or falling off a dock or other things.  Just knowing how to swim isn't enough.  Knowing how to get their head up, how to bounce or push off the bottom, how to regulate their breathing, are all important skills.[/quote]

Life jackets, that has what every boater needs (on them, not available).[/quote]

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