Bad parents!

[Taurus Babe]

Originally Posted by DianaB

Thank goodness you were keeping an eye on them! Did the Mom ever thank you? You certainly deserved it.

No the mom said nothing to me. I saw the kids alone and knew I had to watch them. I don't even know if the mom saw what happened. I bet she thought I was being some paranoid person all up in her business...kinda like when dobie brought the child home safely. I wanted to lecture her, but it would have gone through one beer ear out the other. No point in telling people how to raise their kids.

[Ponyup]

It so great you were there. This poor girl will probably definitely have some issues because of this. I almost drowned when I was 3. I was at a family reunion in the pond. I wasn't old enough to swim, but i had a life jacket on & me & my cousin were on oposite sides of an inner tube, sitting on it floating. Well she fell off backwards & it flipped over onto me. The life jacket pressed against the inner tube & held me under water. I could get my face out of water, but just barely. Shortly after my mom noticed she hadn't heard me for a while & came running down the hill to save me, i could see her coming. But according to my therapist this is the reason I panic whenever I'm splashed in the face (like by a shower, or tall water slide) or when I'm in a crowd, or any time I feel trapped. These poor girls.....and there was no reason for it.

[judy]

Thank goodness you were there for her TB! I think some people should need a license to have kids!

We have had so many drowning in NY this past couple of weeks, it's spooky. I wonder where those parents were? I am so sorry for their losses. It is tragic to lose a child, but you must watch your children 24/7.