crickyann's Blog

Wow! How sad for the family. Shoot, when my kids were younger, I sat outside with them even when they ran through the lawn sprinklers. Unsupervised kids and water, just don't mix.

This is why I won't have a pool and when we go to our lake lot and go swimming at the pool and I have to go to the bathroom I make them get out and come with me man they hate that but you never know and even if they can swim I still get nervous about them being in there, without me around.

As a co-worker to a family member of this horrible event , my heart and thoughts are with the family . As a father of a soon to be 2 year old daughter , it hits home in many ways . For some reason new parents are a little more paranoid over their children til the 2nd or 3rd child is born and then the experience of being a parent kicks in and you become more relaxed . It has been a common problem in my family as well , where while out at a family function there are many adults who can watch the numerous of children in our family . However it seems to me that the more relaxed you are with you kids or kids in general , the more prone you are to assume they are taken care of by another member of the family . I have member's in my family that assume that since they used certain parenting methods on their first couple of kids that the same would apply for the rest . Point being that If I allowed my daughter to swim with no adult supervision a few times and nothing happened I may become complacent and that may disrupt my judgement for future scenarios , I may always allow her to ( I of course would not , simply hypothetical).Point being of course what frame of mind are you in to allow a 5-6 year old in a pool alone , let alone SOMEBODY ELSE'S kids of the age of 2 alone near or in a pool , whether it was 18 inches or 18 feet deep. The sole fact of putting an ADULT life vest and child restraint around the waist seems to be a pro - active step to avoid drowning for somebody who was not going to be around to watch them . My daughter (21months )frequently plays in our pool ,also infl

Something similar could have happened in my own back yard at one time. We had one of those steel-corrugated pools about 15' dia., by about 2 ft. high- and even though my daughter (now 15) never swam unsupervised and the yard was entirely enclosed by chain-linked fence (also protected by our German Sheperd). However, the gate was never locked and any child could have wandered in...

my old crazy chris site ...now i im nsijohn
my feelings sorry if offend its a kid just like a fish plant helll u kill my water lol i like water better than ur kids anyway

pamrich-you've done everything possible for the safety of kids around water. My daughter also had swimming lessons since around age 4-5.

My thoughts and prayers are with the family as well. I have a 5 year old little boy, a 2 year old little boy and a 7 month old little girl. We go to the river all the time. Of course the kids have life jackets on but we are also in the water with them at all times. Anything can happen with a blink of an eye. It is so sad that this happened and so heartbreaking. Nothing will ever take the pain away from this family but hopefully given love, support from family and friends and much counseling they will be able to cope with what happened.

It is sad and you are right cricky where was the adult in charge?????

Cricky, I love your dog. What kind is it?

I sat & cried as I read that horrible story...There is no need to blame ANYONE, I'm sure his parents have suffered enough.... as they say NO child should be left ALONE. My heart goes out to this childs entire family.