In my younger days, I worked for about 5 years as a life guard in a couple different settings. The bulk of my work was at a community pool that was packed with kids every day. I can honestly say that I vigilantly watched the pool like a hawk every time I was in the chair; I watched the little kids especially closely, for obvious reasons. One afternoon late in my 2nd summer, another lifeguard and I had a 'near miss' with a 4 year old. A couple years later, during a life guard recertification course, we watched a video that presents information very similar to that presented in this article. If information had been presented in this format during my initial life guarding class (as opposed to the standard cookie cutter book that the ARC hands out), I am certain that our near miss would have never gotten as far as it did.
This article is short, sweet, and potentially life altering. Please, please, please read it. (I know that many who follow here are also friends on FB, but I need to post this here for those who are not FB friends or who just plain missed in on FB today. If you are a parent or care provider for kids, read this article. Even if you don't think you need to read it, read it anyway. It might be the best two minutes you ever 'waste.')
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