Health and safety zealots tell youngster her 2ft paddling pool needs a lifeguard

Strange | 876 hits | May 27 8:56 am | Posted by: kitty

For nearly a quarter of a century, Lourdes Maxwell has celebrated the arrival of summer by putting a paddling pool in the garden.

by Lavics
Tue May 27, 2008 7:04 pm
I dont even know If I should laugh. That is just pathetic. O.o
by Robair
Tue May 27, 2008 7:14 pm
Toddler drowns in paddling pool

Toddler drowned in paddling pool
by Robair
Wed May 28, 2008 6:33 pm
Yup. Saved my sister when she was three. I was nine, she was then a lifegaurd after highschool.
by commanderkai
Wed May 28, 2008 6:34 pm
Supervise, sure, but a lifeguard?
by Robair
Wed May 28, 2008 8:27 pm
"commanderkai" said
Supervise, sure, but a lifeguard?

From the article:
Miss Maxwell could have a pool if she paid for insurance and ensured supervisors were on constant watch.
Insurance is a little over the top if the pool is supervised.

The article says you need permission to have a BarBQ... that one has me baffled.
But toddlers and open water do not mix.
by novachick
Wed May 28, 2008 8:39 pm
I think they have missed the key element here. It goes without saying that children and pools should be supervised. I think the city council would have served this better if they were to enforce she and others be trained in CPR.
by ShintoMale
Wed May 28, 2008 8:41 pm
how about teaching kids to swim