If you do go with a pool, make sure you keep safety in mind. A swimming pool is literally more dangerous than a loaded gun. A heartbreakingly large number of children drown each year, many in home swimming pools. My oldest son almost drowned at a public beach, so I am a bit of an evangelist on the subject, but do keep in mind how dangerous they are.
Op-ed piece on swimming pools vs. guns as the most dangerous weapon – Deltoid
From the article:
If every parent followed these steps, perhaps as many as 400 lives per year might be saved. This would be more lives saved than from two of the most successful safety-interventions in recent decades: the use of child car seats and the introduction of safer cribs. Potential lives saved from pool safety are far greater than from child-resistant packaging (an estimated 50 lives saved per year), keeping children away from airbags (less than 5 young children a year have been killed by air bags a year on average since their introduction), flame retardant pajamas (perhaps 10 lives saved annually), or safety drawstrings on children’s clothing (two lives saved annually). Simply stated, keeping your children safe around water is one of the single most important things a parent can do to protect a child. |
