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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Though this topic is several years old, on the off chance that anyone comes across it - please don't put your foolish sense of "looking uncool/foolish/lame" over the all too real risk of losing your child to the ocean. What is with this pride induced form of parenting? It has nothing to do with being vigilant; your child being swept out to sea isn't something that only happens to "careless" or distracted parents. That's just ignorant. Nature is unpredictable, and the ocean in particular can change in seconds. [b]A few days ago, a mother was walking along the shore of Kitty Hawk down in the Outer Banks with her four year old son. Holding. His. Hand. "The mother of the missing boy reported the two were walking in ankle deep water about 3 p.m. Tuesday when they were struck by a wave that knocked both to the ground. The boy was ripped from her grasp and quickly carried away, reported the Kitty Hawk Police Department. She got up and scoured the water for her son as another wave rushed in, and then “lost sight of him in the surf,” U.S. Coast Guard officials told the Washington Post."[/b]

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article210125894.html#storylink=cpy

[b]His name was Wesley Belisle and his body washed ashore on Monday morning, 5 days later.[/b] Who are you trying to impress by flaunting your self-assured sense that you're stronger and faster than the literal ocean? Would a life vest have helped in Wesley's case? We'll never know, but maybe it would have given his mom something to grab onto (children's vests have a grab loop at the top for this purpose) when his little hand slipped from her grasp. Or maybe it would have lifted him from the second wave long enough for her to spot him in the surf and reach him in time. This poor mother was right there holding his hand like so many of you claim is perfectly safe. It is not. Things happen. The OCEAN happens. Don't be an idiot and risk giving your child a chance because you're trying to impress... What exactly? Crabs? Sea grass? Random onlookers whom you don't even know? Your own ego? This isn't bubble wrapping your kid. It's keeping your child safe from an unpredictable, fierce, and beautiful aspect of nature. Great, you didn't wear one as a kid and you survived; here's a blue ribbon. You also probably went to school in buildings with asbestos in them, but you wouldn't even think about letting your child be exposed to that stuff now would you? Learn and evolve; don't risk your kids. Seriously, the ignorance and ego in some of these responses is gross. Your kids deserve better. be better.[/quote]

Yes this happens every day.[/quote]

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