Children drown

Many loving parents probably instantly felt that alligators are a major concern. However, it could be that the real hazard was minimum supervision and shallow water. Countless young children unceremoniously drown, and little is said of that often preventable possibility. The National Safety Council stated that in 2000, 900 people drowned on home premises in swimming pools and in bathtubs. Of that number, 350 were children between newborn and 5 years old. [24] ABC News estimated that 50 young children drown in buckets each year, but we are familiar with buckets and do not see them as hazards. [25]... 

ABC News estimated that 50 young children drown in buckets each year, but we are familiar with buckets and do not see them as hazards. [25]... 

Sadly, nearly all of these tragic deaths could be prevented. Most infant and child drownings occur when a child falls into a pool or is left unattended in the bathtub. 

A drowning accident occurred during an open swim period. Approximately 100 children, ranging between 5 and 16 years old, were in and around a pool (3 ft to 9 ft deep). An older child unknowingly pushed a 5-year-old into the deep water. The pool was relatively crowded, and the 5-year-old slipped under the water without being noticed by others, including the lifeguard. 

The main acute effect is inebriation, which in turn spawns violence, spousal and child abuse, crime, motor vehicle accidents, workplace and home accidents, drowning, suicide, and accidental death. The chronic effects include alcoholism, liver disease, various forms of cancer, brain disorders, cardiovascular disease and other organ system effects, absence from or loss of work, family dysfunction, and malnutrition. 

Over 50% of Americans who currently drink report having a close relative who abuses alcohol 25% are children of an alcoholic parent. Alcohol abuse can devastate families by causing separation, divorce, and domestic violence, as well child abuse and neglect. Six million children live with an alcohol-abusing parent, and this can result in problems at school such as low attendance, academic difficulties, attention deficit disorders, and behavioral problems. Each year in America, more than 100,000 people die from alcohol-related accidents (cars, falls, fires, drownings, burns), cancer, liver disease, and stroke. 

Stop that. Stop it. Foolish girl. We made a choice, and we stuck to it. Why not see yourself as blessed rather than cursed That mother of yours was nearly drowned with you inside her. You might never have lived. You might have been turned onto the parish. Instead, your father made you his own child. ... 

MOTHER — The Mother has Drowned her Child. This allegorical expression is used by some Philosophers to mean that the philosophical earth has absorbed all the water that originally issued from it. It is the same process as Cohobation. 

MILLY Do we really need drones When a firefighter on a ladder grasps a drowning child, the entire arrangement is like a large arm. [She uses a direct analogy.] It has many components a ladder truck, a ladder, and a big man with his extended arm reaching for the boy. 

Cover the pool when not in use. Make sure you drain rainwater from the cover even a few inches of water is enough to drown a child. 

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