The key Water Smart message for parents is:
If you are not "within arms' reach" of your children
anytime they are around water, you have gone too
far.
"Unattended toddlers" are high risk because they are mobile,
curious and require close and constant supervision by an adult.
Children under 5 years of age are the least capable of self-rescue
of any age group. Most of these children were alone and playing
near water when they fell in and drowned.