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This summer, celebrity parents are warning about less-talked-about risks of toddler drownings
After suffering tragedies, Bode Miller and others have a few things they want you to know
For several summers in a row, it seemed like not a week went by without a tragic story on the news about “hot car deaths” of young children — bringing attention to what should be a preventable tragedy. But last summer seemed instead to be the summer of high-profile drownings, particularly involving celebrities’ children. Olympic skier Bode Miller and his wife became accidental activists after losing their 19-month-old daughter Emmy on June 10, 2018 in a neighbor’s backyard pool, with many adults around. Another high-profile case occurred the same day when six doctors’ families were vacationing together in Alabama and realized one of their toddlers had run outside into the pool. While the 3-year-old boy’s mother quickly realized where he was, none of the doctors was able to save him. The mother has since become an activist who created “Guardian Tags” so that everyone in a group of parents knows who is watching the child.
Six doctors’ families were vacationing together in Alabama and realized one of their toddlers had run to the pool.
