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Responsible parenting. California style.

#63
JAUQO III-X said:
Part of a lifeguards job is to prevent injuries by minimizing or eliminating hazardous situations or behaviors and that means to be observant to their surroundings not sit on a thrown and look kool for the girls/or guys.





Have you ever lost a child ?
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Complete emotional non sequitor.

The pain she feels at losing her child is terrible I'm sure, but it's a parents responsibly to watch the child ALWAYS. I would never leave my kids in any water unattended no matter how many lifeguards there are, they are not omniscient and on some level will always be dividing their attention.

"I want this to be known," Flores said between sobs. "I want to warn all parents that they need to watch their kids at all times, because (Great America) doesn't do their job."

Great America is not responsible, they have taken a reasonable amount of precaution with six lifeguards, the blame lies squarely at her feet. She should have stopped her sentence after "at all times".
 
#67
Blisshead said:
"I want this to be known," Flores said between sobs. "I want to warn all parents that they need to watch their kids at all times, because (Great America) doesn't do their job."
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I think it's an almost delicious irony that the park whom she thinks has the job of watching her kids is called Great America.

Makes it very easy to see the parallels with the entitlement and lack of personal responsibility mindset.

I feel for the kid who died, the 8 year old who had to find him, and for the 2 year old who has to try to survive a mom like that without being locked a hot car (fault of the supermarket), choking to death (fault of McDonalds), falling out a window (fault of Pella windows), etc.
 
#69
JAUQO III-X said:
Accidents happen(since that's what they are called).

Stefan Lessard lost his baby son like that a few years ago.

would you call the person who was caring for him an idiot ?
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Accidents, for the most part, are preventable. Not knowing anything about the circumstances, or even knowing who Mr. Lessard is, I would say that the person caring for him was at the least very uninformed, careless or negligent.
 
#70
Diggler said:
Accidents, for the most part, are preventable. Not knowing anything about the circumstances,I would say that the person caring for him was at the least very uninformed, careless or negligent.
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Maybe the mother who lost her son at the pool was uninformed?

Diggler said:
Just about every time you read about something like this, you can bet a paycheck that it involves someone who lives in public housing or on welfare.

Don't know for sure because they didn't say here, but I'd bet it. Yay for the Great Society.
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And Mr. Lassard is not on welfare indicating that tragic accidents where parents are to be responsible can happen anywhere no matter where one lives.
 
#71
Perhaps Great America didn't have the required California-approved warning signs?

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#73
Blisshead said:
[/I]Great America is not responsible, they have taken a reasonable amount of precaution with six lifeguards, the blame lies squarely at her feet. She should have stopped her sentence after "at all times".
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Exactly.

I have a friend who is a lifeguard at a busy leisure center. As he says, parents should keep an eye on their kids at all times. Sure, the lifeguards must be vigilant in case of danger, but if every parent keeps an eye on their child, the lifeguards can act as soon as their is a problem.
 
#76
It's tragic that she lost a child, but the mother was negligent. Even in a wave pool with lifeguards, a parent has to either seriously watch the kids or at the very least train them to buddy up so they can help each other. A small kid like that can drown silently without thashing and yelling for help, which is what the lifeguards are always on the lookout for.
 
#78
Nikoubis said:
Would this thing be run by the government?

If so, Diggler would bash the sh!te out of it. :p
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When you have superpowers that tell you where someone lives and where their money comes from after reading an article where those things aren't mentioned, you're entitled to bash the sh!te out of anything. ;)
 
#79
Bob Lee (QSC) said:
A small kid like that can drown silently without thashing and yelling for help, which is what the lifeguards are always on the lookout for.
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+1

Drowning is one the most silent ways to go. A couple of years ago a woman was watching her son playing at the beach when her cell phone rang. She looked for it in her purse for like 5 seconds and when she turned around she saw the kid's hat floating in the water. Fortunately we were able to pull the kid out in time, but it goes to show that sh!te can happen in seconds.
 
#80
She probably will sue the waterpark and win! Go ahead and call a lawyer like the ones you see advertise "if you've been hurt in an accident call us at 1-800-**** and we'll make sure you get money for your injuries." Anything to make a buck. Just turns my stomach.:eyebrow:
 

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