Thread: [Thread split] Home alone -- the Swiss view on leaving children unattended
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Old 18.03.2010, 23:57
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Re: [Thread split] Home alone -- the Swiss view on leaving children unattended
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The number of mums i've seen here sitting at least 10 meters away from their kids (< 4 years old) swimming in the kiddie pool, you'd think babies grow on trees.
It takes more than 30 seconds for oxygen starvation to cause brain damage.
As long as you never take you eyes off of your child for longer than, say 20 seconds, you have more than enough time to move the 10 meters.

I can promise you that every time I have had to move fast to keep my daughter from getting hurt I am surprised at how fast I can move. I am also surprised how much it hurts later as I usually rip muscles moving at those speeds. Now that I am a bit older, I try and keep the distance/reaction time down a bit, just to make it easier on my body.

Brian.
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