Despite Warnings, Kids Still Drowning Because of Parents Preoccupied With Their Phones

By B.N. Frank

Activist Post also reported about this last year.  Unfortunately, it’s still happening around the globe.   From The Jerusalem Post:

Last year, the German Lifeguarding Association published findings that drew a direct link between children dying in the water and parents cellphone usage at the time of death. For years, lifeguards have warned parents that using a phone while children are swimming causes the parent to lose focus on the child, and in many cases of children drowning this was one of the causes

Safety experts from around the globe have issued warnings time and again that drowning is most often silent. There are many examples of children who drowned in packed pools without anyone noticing. Sometimes, these incidents even happen at home in an inflatable pool with just a few centimeters of water, or even in a washing bucket.

Authorities around the world are now explicitly warning people against using their smartphones whenever a child is near water, whether that be the bathtub, an inflatable pool, while washing the floor, and of course, when the family is at the beach or poolside.

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Once a person begins to drown, it is incredibly difficult to save them. Even if they are revived, there is often serious brain damage due to prolonged lack of oxygen. This is often more severe in children than in adults. It is incredibly difficult to turn back the clock once a child begins to drown.

Excessive tech use and addiction is on the rise and the consequences can be as devastating as other forms of addiction in adults as well as in kids

Activist Post reports regularly about screen addiction and other issues caused by excessive use and exposure to digital and internet technology.  For more information, visit our archives and the following websites:

• Center For Safer Wireless
• Clear Light Ventures
• ElectromagneticHealth
• Environmental Health Trust
• Generation Zapped
• National Association for Children and Safe Technology
• Parents for Safe Technology
• Physicians for Safe Technology
• SafeTechForSchools

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