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By
Catherine M. Pruissen
From
the bathtub to the backyard pool and from the beach
to the dockside, children need to be properly supervised
around water. Many children have drowned in as little
as two inches of water. Here are some guidelines to
help you keep your children safe this summer.
- Make
pool rules simple but clear, i.e.: no dunking, running
around the pool, pushing, diving, or going down
head first on the water slide.
- Keep
a cordless telephone outside.
- Keep
toys away from the pool area to prevent children
from playing too closely to the water.
- Ensure
family pools are secured by a fence of at least
4 feet, and that latches are too high for a child
to reach.
- Keep
furniture away from the pool to prevent the child
from climbing in.
- Have
a life preserver, rope, and rescue pole at pool
side.
- Take
a first aid and CPR course. Make sure your provider's
is up-to-date.
- Ensure
pool chemicals are up and out of harm's way.
- Do
a safety check of your provider's back yard and
pool area using the above.
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©
Catherine M. Pruissen
Catherine M. Pruissen is the CEO of About Child Care
Consumer Services and developer of child care online.
She has published numerous child care related literature,
including Start and
Run a Profitable Home Day Care, The
Daycare Alternative, How to Find Good Child Care,
Caregiver Aids: Business
Forms for Caregivers and Parents, Income
Tax & Record Keeping for Child Care Providers,
and a host of workshops and workbooks. She was the editor
and publisher of the bi-monthly newsletter, Parent Care,
Your Child Care News-line. Catherine was also the coordinator
and workshop facilitator for The Child Care Information
Centre in Calgary, Alberta, and ran a successful dayhome
for eight years. |
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