Pool Safely

“When Jake almost drowned last month,

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I didn’t think about all the steps we’d taken to protect him.

Just the one that saved him.”

It could have been the fence. Or the pool safety cover. But that day, what saved him was the door alarm I installed on the back door to the pool. You can never know which safety step will save a life – until it does. Adding multiple safety steps can mean the difference between a close call and a call to 911. Simple steps save lives. To learn some new ones, visit PoolSafely.gov.

https://www.parentingspecialneeds.org/article/is-your-family-ready-for-fun-in-the-water-this-summer/

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https://www.parentingspecialneeds.org/article/pool-games/

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This post originally appeared on our May/June 2017 Magazine