NY Accidents- Who is watching my kid at the pool?
It’s Memorial Day today and I’m sitting at our pool looking around at the new group of lifeguards who watch the pool. The weather is great today and the pool is busier than usual because of the wonderful weather. The kids are off from school and their friends are all in the pool having fun. How many times have you seen parents view the pool as a chance to socialize and not pay attention to their kids in the pool? I see it constantly. Just look around at how many young children are in the pool. Look to see if you can match up those parents in the shallow end with each child in the pool. Invariably, there will be parents sitting on a lounge chair reading or chatting away, thinking that the lifeguards will be there to watch their kids for them if the worst should happen. Let’s take a look at the lifeguards. These are typically young kids, some no more than teenagers. Depending on where you live, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, New York City, or Staten Island, lifeguards are required to take cert
