NY ACCIDENTS - Who Is Watching My Kid At The Pool?

It's Memorial Day today, and I'm sitting in our pool overlooking the new group of lifeguards who see the pool. The weather today is great and the pool is busier than usual because of the beautiful weather. The kids are home from school and her friends are all fun in the pool.

How many times have you parents socialize around the pool as an opportunity and not pay attention to their children in the pool? I see it again and again. Just look around, how many young childrenin the pool. , To see if you can meet and the parents in the shallow end with each child in the pool. Inevitably, it will show off their parents sitting on a recliner or with someone who think that the lifeguards to be there to see her children for her, when should the worst will happen.

Let's take a look at the lifeguard. These are usually young children, some no more than teenagers. Depending on where you live, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New York City, orStaten Iceland, lifeguards are required to be certain required Lifeguarding classes with a certain amount of time for life. If they test the audit, then they are qualified to anywhere in the five boroughs of New York for a period of three years of lifeguard. It is interesting that in Nassau County, a lifeguard who takes the Lifeguarding class must be an additional and more stringent testing Lifeguarding qualified to be certified as a lifeguard in Nassau County.In addition, when a Nassau County beach lifeguard, I understand that the requirements for recognition as a lifeguard even more stringent than for a pool.

Regardless of the skills and achievements, both on your pool lifeguards, it's still my opinion that you, the parents have an obligation to see your child at the pool. Why do I say this? As the lifeguards get distracted during the day. Especially when it's done. I have seen many cases where theLifeguards tried elsewhere, and a child in distress and difficulty swimming. When the lifeguards recognized the problem, jumped a parent to save the child.

Now do not get me wrong, I think, lifeguards do a great job. In fact, my oldest son is a lifeguard would be this summer. However, as a parent, you can never trust the safety of your child to someone, the responsibility to monitor and protect many people in a pool. I think you need to bealways alert at the pool. Set aside your desire to socially interact, or do, while a direct and close views of your child. Doing so, in my opinion, will minimize the risk of something bad happening while your child can swim. Remember, no lifeguards babysitter for your child in the pool. They respond to people in distress. They do not take a proactive role. It is the parent's responsibility to monitor its pro-actively to their child.