Based on the advice given by the posters above, I think we should wrap our kids and ourselves in bubble wrap, start IVs in all of us and never leave the house. C’mon people! Summer is the time for fun and adventure. A little common sense is what’s needed. Yeah, drink when your thirsty, bike carefully, don’t lock you kids or animals in a closed parked car for hours. You know, of all the “safety” tips handed out it seems to me the most important was left out. Teach your children to swim,(Chazal knew what they were about) and yourself if you don’t know how. Drown-proofing saves countless children and adults. Summer is the time for swimming either in a pool or a lake or the ocean. Of all common recreational activities, swimming is by far the most dangerous and results in the most child deaths(Okay, rock climbing and BASE jumping may be more dangerous but I said “common”). Ocean swimming is particularly dangerous. Never swim where there isn’t a lifeguard and don’t go in the water if he (or she) says not to.
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