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Shallow water is dangerous too

Content warning: risk to children Julia and I know drowning is the biggest risk to US kids 1-4, and we try to take this seriously. But yesterday our 4yo came very close to drowning in a fountain. (She's fine now.) This week we were on vacation with my extended family: nine kids, eight parents, and ten grandparents/uncles/aunts. For the last few years we've been in a series of rental houses, and

For the last few years we've been in a series of rental houses, and this time on arrival we found a fountain in the backyard: Yesterday evening my aunt noticed our 4yo was walking on the fountain rim, and called me over to say this looked dangerous. I sprinted over, jumped in, and despite the shallow depth immediately fell full in: very slippery on the bottom.

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