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In ages 1-4, other major causes of death, and grouped under the label of "injuries" are: car accidents, poisonings, choking, firearms, and house fires. The unintended injuries are statistically mostly caused by situations where a leash or a stroller would have had little to no effect.
To reiterate: "injuries" equals drowning, car wrecks, fires, gunshot wounds, choking, and poisoning. The situation where either device is most helpful is to prevent young children from running into traffic, not in any of these sad situations.
The places to be extra cautious are near water, in cars, and around the home. In all these situations, it is necessary for the adult to be extra vigilant and extra careful.
And part of the parents job in being ‘extra careful’ is to mitigate the potential for these accidents to occur. To understand that they, like everybody else; are only human & to believe that ‘proper supervision’ could ensure safety in all imagined scenarios; would be naive.
Pools: Gate locks, alarms, floaties, swim lessons & supervision. Cars: Properly installed seats, child safety locks engaged, non-distracted driving & supervision. Fires: Smoke/co2 alarms, family plans, drills, electrical safety knowledge, no lighters or matches in reach & supervision. Guns: locked safes, training & supervision. Choking: thin sliced apples & hotdogs, no playing with food, age-appropriate meals & supervision. Poisoning: Out of sight, reach, safety locks & supervision.
It’s not ‘interventions instead of supervision’; it’s interventions AND supervision.
And part of the parents job in being ‘extra careful’ is to mitigate the potential for these accidents to occur. To understand that they, like everybody else; are only human & to believe that ‘proper supervision’ could ensure safety in all imagined scenarios; would be naive.
Pools: Gate locks, alarms, floaties, swim lessons & supervision. Cars: Properly installed seats, child safety locks engaged, non-distracted driving & supervision. Fires: Smoke/co2 alarms, family plans, drills, electrical safety knowledge, no lighters or matches in reach & supervision. Guns: locked safes, training & supervision. Choking: thin sliced apples & hotdogs, no playing with food, age-appropriate meals & supervision. Poisoning: Out of sight, reach, safety locks & supervision.
It’s not ‘interventions instead of supervision’; it’s interventions AND supervision.
Agreed. And the interventions need to be appropriate to the situation.
From skimming some articles, some say this kid was 3. Looking at the video he certainly looks closer to 3 than a toddling two year old. My guess is he is close to 3. Perhaps the mom did not bring a stroller because it's just one more thing to lug around. Maybe she didn't know she was going to have to print out her boarding passes. In that case, a little leash of some type would have been quite helpful. I'm sure this accident did not enhance their trip.
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