Perspective: Why attention to kids near water is even more urgent during the pandemic
The rule of thumb: an adult with swim skills should literally be within one arm’s length, providing"constant touch supervision” because it’s just too easy for an accident to happen when a water watcher’s head is turned.But in the COVID era, swim lessons have been hard to come by as states and municipalities nationwide have worked to reduce the number of COVID cases by either closing pools and programs altogether, or severely limiting access to them.
Given these sad stories, we must teach children what it feels like to be in the water without a personal flotation device. Until you have access to a pool, beach or lake this summer, there are some basic safety tips to discuss with your children we call the ABCDs of water safety:- Don’t open doors or gates to pool areas without an adult’s permission. Parents should ensure pools are fenced in on 4-sides and that doors leading out to pool areas have alarms and gates are self-latching.
To be sure, we’re not going to prevent every accident: My son was an excellent swimmer. In fact, he was advanced for his age. But he died because we didn’t know our pool drain was installed incorrectly and functioned improperly and unsafely.We have to do everything we can to keep our kids safe, and as we are at home more this summer, maybe a little distracted with the endless Zoom calls, it’s imperative we remember to have eyes wide open when it comes to our children and open water.
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