it scares me so much that there's not a fence on that pool. in australia there are rules: there must be a fence around ANY in ground pool most above ground pools and even inflatable pools over a certain size, it must be AT LEAST 1.2 metres tall, pretty sure there's a maximum gap height between the ground and base of the fence and there are lock requirements. we know that even children that know how to swim can get into pools and drown. we know that pets can get into pools and drown. we know that even the most well-intentioned of parents can look away for a minute, get distracted, leave the door unlocked. abbie is a child. she jumps in the pool constantly, clothed or otherwise. the fact that there is no pool fencing, no safety gate, no CPR guidelines stuck to the fence (i swear every aussie pool has that one step-by-step CPR sign) is genuinely terrifying. no parent thinks their kid is gonna drown. most kids here are decent swimmers by the time they start school, and if not there are government funded programs to teach those that can't yet. i know that most of cilla and asa's anxiety about abbie drowning was alleviated when cilla and her mum taught her how to swim, but so many things can go wrong in the water. its a bit disturbing when they laugh about abbie jumping in the pool with no boundaries or rules. yeah, its your house and 'her' pool, and yeah you're watching. but all it takes is one time when you're not for something to go wrong.
maybe i'm just overreacting from years of swimsafe commercials, but i'd say i've seen enough stories of kids drowning on the news to be concerned. i just hope that maybe there are some boundaries established with jumping in the pool, to keep that kid safe