Set Water Rules and Boundaries

Safety first, fun second—setting water rules and boundaries should be the first thing you do with you child before entering the pool. Cartledge suggests imaging the pool is a busy interstate.

“You would not let your child sit on the side of a busy interstate, in the same way we don’t sit on the side of the pool. You would never let your child on or near the highway without being right there, and in the same way, we do not let children play unattended in or around water.”