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re: Mom arrested after 3 kids drown while she is distracted by cellphone
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:01 pm to Topwater Trout
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:01 pm to Topwater Trout
and another reason to be furious with the mom. She has to know the kids cant swim for shite.
I used to obsessively chase hood rats out of our complex pool for just this reason. They'd jump the fence and swim at night. We replaced the fences (raised them) and put locks and new lights. Nothing could keep them out....they finally quit after I grabbed one of their shoes and threw it into the lake. I was legit worried one would die.
I used to obsessively chase hood rats out of our complex pool for just this reason. They'd jump the fence and swim at night. We replaced the fences (raised them) and put locks and new lights. Nothing could keep them out....they finally quit after I grabbed one of their shoes and threw it into the lake. I was legit worried one would die.
This post was edited on 7/13/15 at 12:04 pm
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Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:06 pm to Croacka
quote:In case you're wondering how many words it took to answer that question with 100% certainty, the answer is 57.
A mother was arrested and is accused of allowing three of her children to drown.
Patricia Allen, 30, was charged with injury to a child after witnesses said she was distracted by her cell phone as her children played at the pool.
The three children who died were 10-year-old August Smith, 9-year-old Treshawn
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:07 pm to dagrippa
quote:
another reason to be furious with the mom. She has to know the kids cant swim for shite.
Sounds like she didn't really care
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:07 pm to Croacka
quote:
The family of the Texas woman are defending her, saying she was a good mother.
quote:
5 kids at age 30
Being good at getting pregnant =/= being a good mother
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:10 pm to Croacka
damn shame
40% of Caucasians - higher than I would have guessed
quote:
Research Study REVEALS 60-70% OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC KIDS CAN'T SWIM
A recent study commissioned by the USA Swimming Foundation and conducted by the University of Memphis found that nearly 70% of African American children and nearly 60% of Hispanic children have low or no swim ability, compared to 40% of Caucasians, putting them at risk for drowning.
40% of Caucasians - higher than I would have guessed
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:14 pm to CAD703X
quote:Not a lot of water in a lot of Africa. In America, slaves weren't allowed to learn how to swim because they could get away, so the fear of water was always put in them. After emancipation, blacks weren't allowed in most public swimming facilities because of segregation. After integration, blacks still didn't live close to water as often as whites did, and blacks were less likely to own their own pools. Even today, there are only so many public swimming facilities in urban areas, hence the limited swimming experience possessed by blacks. Basically, literally every historic, geographic, and cultural factor that contributes to a culture learning how to swim is one possessed by white America and lacking in black America. The result: blacks drown much more frequently. LINK
how.
in the actual frick.
do people not know how to swim.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:14 pm to The Mick
i honestly dont consciously remember "learning" to swim. how in the frick do you exist without this skill?
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:15 pm to SEClint
quote:I'll say this, man...my lady and I went to Liberty Lagoon with my 5 year old (two years of swimming lessons already) and the deepest water was in the lazy river at 3.5'. There were SO MANY LIFE JACKET WEARERS...it was incredible. And of all these life jacket wearers, about 5% were accompanied by adults at all times.
How do all 3 die at those ages in a pool
What in the actual frick, society? That was just the worst experience I've had in the middle of the general public in a long time.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:16 pm to ballscaster
That's great, but these kids have access to a pool, and swimming is a learned skill, like basketball or driving. The only way to drown is to have access to a pool, for the most part.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:17 pm to Croacka
What the hell is wrong with some of you people? 3 children are dead, and yet you are using it as a platform to make racially charged comments regarding their names and stereotypical ability to swim? I get that there has been a lot of shite happening in the last few weeks that pisses people off and seems skewed towards a certain a certain belief system's favor, but damn.
Grow the hell up.
Grow the hell up.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:19 pm to GRTiger
quote:No need to go any further. I was just answering the guys question. There's a reason blacks drown more frequently, that's all.
That's great, but
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:20 pm to Zoltan
quote:That the kids can't swim at their age AND the mother was completely wrapped in Candy Crush or Angry Birds on here phone is not limited to any race. Black, white or indifferent it's flat out unacceptable.
What the hell is wrong with some of you people? 3 children are dead, and yet you are using it as a platform to make racially charged comments regarding their names and stereotypical ability to swim? I get that there has been a lot of shite happening in the last few weeks that pisses people off and seems skewed towards a certain a certain belief system's favor, but damn.
Grow the hell up.
That's the problem here...parenting is just a lost art. It's leading to decaying society.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:21 pm to The Sad Banana
My 3 year old can swim, but I took him to the pool every summer since he was a baby. It's almost like you have to teach your kids things so they can learn.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:21 pm to Zoltan
You should ride your high horse over to the community pool and teach people how to swim.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:22 pm to LewDawg
quote:
. It's almost like you have to teach your kids things so they can learn.
upvote
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:23 pm to The Sad Banana
Yeah, you are correct. But that's not the direction that some people took it in.
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:23 pm to LewDawg
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:23 pm to CAD703X
quote:Very prevalent in low income areas tbh. (not exclusively). But yea, most of those kids aren't at the country club pool learning to swim.
i honestly dont consciously remember "learning" to swim. how in the frick do you exist without this skill?
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:24 pm to Croacka
Holy frick that is horrible. I don't get if their is witnesses that she was distracted by her phone then why witnesses couldn't save the kids?
Posted on 7/13/15 at 12:25 pm to ballscaster
Your answer was a poor one. Answering the question of how a 10 year old, with access to a pool (or anyone with access to a pool) doesn't know how to swim with "because the white man a century ago didn't let black people swim" is pretty weak.
The question was how people don't know how to swim. Obviously, the answer to why more people drown is because they don't know how to swim, but you didn't really address the question. Or you did, but with a spurious answer. That's all.
The question was how people don't know how to swim. Obviously, the answer to why more people drown is because they don't know how to swim, but you didn't really address the question. Or you did, but with a spurious answer. That's all.
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