When my first grandchild was born 6 years ago I had a baby gate installed around our swimming pool within 3 months. I did not want to even think about taking a chance of letting time go by and becoming complacent with the fact that someone would be watching all the time. That is just impossible and unrealistic.
We have had five drownings in Cape Coral already this year. I know the number is huge all over Florida. We have lots of swimming pools. I can’t even begin to understand the pain and guilt if such an event would happen in your own home. The grand children don’t live here, but when they come to visit the fence is put up before they reach town. They have never seen the pool without the gate being erected. Both children have been taught to swim and are not afraid of the water. But, they are 3 and 6 and unsupervised swimming is not permitted. We just can’t take that kind of a chance.
I am writing this today in hopes that this will motivate everyone to be more cautious and take steps to ensure children’s safety around swimming pools. It only takes seconds for a child to fall into a pool. It becomes an unimaginable disaster. Thanks for listening.