I recently read a mother's story about the loss of her 2-year-old son to drowning.
There is nothing more devastating than outliving your child. Unfortunately, drowning is commonplace among children, especially in the 1 to 4-year-old age group. It's the number one leading cause of accidental death.
The mother who lost her son said that the incident took place in their backyard pool. She said that their pool is fenced in and equipped with a self-closing self-locking gate latch. Somehow her child accessed the pool anyway. She didn't talk about the type of pool fence installed. Likely, it wasn't a climb-resistant fence.
In any case, her message was that it doesn't matter if you have your pool fenced in and all the alarms in place, you must make it a rule in your house that your children cannot go near water without strict adult supervision.
I emphasize this exact message in this video tutorial. The video your are about to see is from the upcoming online course, entitled Teach Children to Swim 18 to 24 Months.
It teaches you how to encourage independence in your child while driving home the message that water demands respect, and therefore these two rules must be enforced in your household.
