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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are plenty of tragic stories about kids wondering off/being unsupervised for "just a second" and drowning. OP is right to be concerned. [/quote]

nevermind the street with CARS driving on it but oh no for an 18" CHILDREN's wading pool 100s of feet away in the neighbor's yard.[/quote]

Yes, exactly. I'm one of the PP's who say okay, fair enough, make the call and get them to fix the fence (easy solution) but anytime I'm out in my front yard (not fenced) with my son, I watch him like a HAWK. Not because neighbors have a pool, but because of other hazards, namely cars but also the fact that he could just wander off and get out of my eyesight really, really fast. Does that not make sense to you? That while the pool obviously adds marginally to the hazard of allowing a small toddler to wander off, really the parent has to be a bit of an idiot to let the kiddo wander so freely in the front yard. This, to me, does not seem like the "back turned for just a minute" that can happen with a pool in one's own home, etc. It takes a bit more haphazard parenting to allow your toddler to wander down a street unattended. Again, not saying this is a reason not to call, or that you shouldn't eliminate a hazard this easy to address, just in case, but I'm just challenging those who are saying how "easily" it could happen to rethink this specific scenario.

People who are saying they couldn't relax because of a pool in their parents back yard, etc, okay, understood and agreed if there's no fence. But we are talking about a situation where the child would have to wander off, go down the street, and into a neighbor's yard. In such a scenario, there are numerous hazards your small child could encounter - cars, getting lost, and the pool (probably in that order). I think there's really a group of people who are thinking "pool in the back yard" and not "18 inch baby pool in a neighbor's fenced but not fully locked back yard." What if there was a stream in your neighborhood? Do you worry about the sewers we all have? There seems to be a lack of common sense here. Neighborhoods are FULL of hazards for toddlers. That's why toddlers should not be unattended. And if you are "turning your back" in your front yard for long enough for your child to wander down the street to neighborhood "pool" you are an idiot.

So, sure, reduce the hazard, but c'mon people. It's also a good idea to watch the kids carefully because while you can babyproof the house with the wading pool to a degree, you're not going to babyproof the whole neighborhood.  [/quote]

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