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Old 03-20-2008, 10:02 AM
 
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When we have looked at houses, my wife doesn't see swimming pools. She sees child drowning machines. :-) Any house with a pool is instantly off the list.
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Old 03-20-2008, 10:35 AM
 
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When we have looked at houses, my wife doesn't see swimming pools. She sees child drowning machines. :-) Any house with a pool is instantly off the list.
That's the parents fault for that happening. Where is mommy and daddy at when this is happening? It's not the pools fault.
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Old 03-20-2008, 10:58 AM
 
Location: Central Texas
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Well, perhaps some parents choose not to have a pool at their house as one of the tools for preventing this.

I've raised two kids to adulthood, had quite a few others around, and was one, myself. (And grew up on a church camp with not only an 80 acre lake but two pools, so it's not like I have a personal objection to them.) I can remember the things that kids can get into in a split second, no matter how careful you are (unless you damage them in other ways by never getting more than two feet from them and even then, they can manage to fall and hurt themselves before you can move.)
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Old 03-20-2008, 11:01 AM
 
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That's the parents fault for that happening. Where is mommy and daddy at when this is happening? It's not the pools fault.
The thing is that children can be crazy smart. Note: smart and not necessarily wise. My oldest figured out how to remove the child safety doodad on the VHS in seconds. He is also a fish. No matter how well gated a pool was, we nixed any house with a pool or spa when we were looking at homes when he was really little.

It's impossible to guarantee a child will be 100% safe unless that child is immobile and even then you never know.
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Old 03-20-2008, 11:16 AM
 
Location: Austin
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You're reminding me of when my sister (12 years older) was a toddler and my mother found her eating dirt. She rushed her to the doctor, who examined her, and then said, "Hmmm, must be something in it she needs." So when I came along, was a toddler (living at a church camp with an 80 acre lake) and started eating dirt, she just shrugged.

Recent studies have shown that children who grow up in extremely clean environments (using all the antibacterial "stuff" availbale now, etc.) have twice the incidence of childhood illnesses and allergies as children who grow up on farms. (And, as the researchers said regarding the microscopic examination of bedding, regarding the bedding of farm children, "You don't want to know what we found on the sheets!")

So, a high bacteria count is not necessarily all bad. Seems our immune system needs something to work with to develop itself properly (think training so you'll be in shape for the marathon).
Great post! So many parents are going insane with fear of bacteria that we're breeding a generation of kids who will eventually fall sick to anything because of immune systems that never got built up.
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Old 03-20-2008, 11:29 AM
 
Location: Austin 'burbs
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So, a high bacteria count is not necessarily all bad. Seems our immune system needs something to work with to develop itself properly (think training so you'll be in shape for the marathon).
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Great post! So many parents are going insane with fear of bacteria that we're breeding a generation of kids who will eventually fall sick to anything because of immune systems that never got built up.

... this would be the time to mention the two people who died after swimming in Lake LBJ last year, due to high bacteria.

That can happen at any lake, because of bacteria constantly being present. Regardless of your immune system. That's why you keep pool water moving and balanced.
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Old 03-20-2008, 12:34 PM
 
Location: Central Texas
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And, out of how many people swimming for how many generations in the lakes and rivers around here, how often has that happened? (Never mind, I just checked, 34 cases of PAM in Texas between 1972 and 2007 - it's extremely rare to become infected, worldwide.)
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Old 03-20-2008, 12:40 PM
 
Location: Austin 'burbs
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Yep, rare - but deadly in a matter of days.

My only point is that the bacteria in lakes is nothing to ignore or consider alarmist. That's why City park people, etc do test the lakes on a regular basis. The bacteria, especially after a major rain - like we had last year - can be an issue...

And there are lots of things NOW that are issues, that people ignored generations ago. The flu is one, it's a totally different flu now that when I was younger. Though, this is getting off topic...
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Old 03-20-2008, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Somebody said something about swimming pools?
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Old 03-20-2008, 02:33 PM
 
Location: Central Texas
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Sorry about that.

Well, one doesn't have to worry much about bacteria in a well-maintained swimming pool. (That better?)
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