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As a grandparent to a one-year old, I'm reminded just how dangerous the toddler stage is for little people and the family that loves them. Parents childproof their homes as a regular parental responsibility but how safe really is the home, and what happens when parents and their small child ventures outside the home? A brief lapse of attention or revelation of a skill or ability the child has that is unknown to the parents can be enough for a tragic accident to occur. I have wondered how parents and caregivers can be home and yet a toddler slips out of the home unnoticed and ends up face down in the family swimming pool. My granddaughter gave me a chilling answer to this question as she walked up to our sliding glass kitchen door and opened it giving her direct access to our unfenced swimming pool! Her grandfather was sitting outside on the patio and so the door was not locked, although it was closed. She pushed her weight against the door, causing it to dislodge the latch and open a half-inch. That was enough for her to stick her tiny hand inside the crack and slide it open. My husband and I looked at each other in disbelief as she stepped outside and began to toddle toward him. THIS is how accidents happen! We'd like to think she is the smartest little girl in the whole world, so she figured out the sliding glass door at a very young age, but this is a good example of how one can be fooled into a comfort level of safety. Past behavior is predictive of future behavior, we learned in school, but for a young growing child, they are constantly forging ahead striving to do new things and go new places, without fear. They are always watching and pushing themselves. They watch the family dog go in and out of the doggy door and no one thinks much about it until one day, they go out the doggy door and are found too late in the family pool. So as parents and grandparents our challenge in successfully raising them is to be one step ahead of them and anticipating and fixing the cracks in our child safety arsenal. Worried when your child is not with you? Click on the ad below to see the features of this amazing Amber Alert device! Save $100 now! 
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