[Super_Dave_D]

Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts

I have three kids, ages 3,2, and 1. The two-year old has Down Syndrome, and we are unaware at this time what her capabilities will be as she gets older. Obviously, you cannot teach a 1-year old, or a 2-year old to swim by themselves. Handling three kids in the backyard at that age with a large pool like that, which cannot be adequately fenced in is foolish. 386 kids died last year in the US as a result of pool drownings. Another 3000 or so were hospitalized with various degrees of brain damage due to being underwater for an extended period of time. It's the number one killer. I'm simply protecting them until they are old enough to know how to swim by themselves.

-Wayne

Interesting read

http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/foia07/os/poolsub2007.pdf