| Swimming pools are considered as a potential | | | | ability to swim. They further need to set firm |
| exercise pool where one can relax and enjoy the | | | | ground rules for allowing child to enter into the |
| soothing bath. Unfortunately, the number of | | | | water. |
| drowning deaths especially among young children | | | | Follow swimming pool safety tips should be taken |
| has increased to a great extent. These unpleasant | | | | in care: |
| accidents have incited the public debate over the | | | | 1. It is better not to leave babies or infant children |
| safety of cheap inflatable pools. | | | | unattended near any water resource including |
| According to the latest reports, drowning has | | | | tubs, pools or buckets of water. |
| been proved as the chief cause for deaths | | | | 2. Encourage your child to take up the swimming |
| among children aging between one to four. Sadly, | | | | lessons. |
| this particular cause is getting increased with each | | | | 3. Do not let your children to swim without the |
| passing day. In fact the latest report from the US | | | | adult supervision or alone. Make sure they swim in |
| based Consumer Product and Safety Commission, | | | | the supervised places that too with a lifeguard on |
| clearly indicates that the annual number of | | | | duty. |
| drowning deaths involving children under age five | | | | 4. Try to cover the swimming area with safety |
| had increased to 283 for 2003-2005, up from 267 | | | | fences with child-proof latches around swimming |
| in 2002-2004. Surprisingly most of these deaths | | | | pools. |
| and injuries happened in homes and yards, and | | | | 5. Never let your child to dive into unfamiliar |
| generally involved children under the age of two. | | | | water. |
| Because of increasingly posing dangers, parents | | | | Having a good swimming pool at home is not |
| need to keep a strict eye on their children in case | | | | enough, you need to take extra care of your |
| they are near any water pool. Besides this, | | | | pool and its surrounding area. |
| parents must access the limits of their child's | | | | |