jill wrote on January 14, 2009 01:36 PM: The pool was in a gated backyard, but there was no fence around the pool. They showed it on the news yesterday from a helicopter view. The police were measuring the distance from the pool to the gate.

art wrote on January 14, 2009 12:33 PM: I love how jc tries to say if you argue with jc's opinion is shows you really agree with him. So if we say nothing we agree and if we disagree we agree. Win-win for jc. Always interesting when someone thinks everyone should act and believe as they do.

jill wrote on January 14, 2009 12:28 PM: Joe,

Draining the pool wouldn't help. If they fell in, it could be a six foot fall onto a really hard surface.

I am about to have a baby. I have a ten year old already. It scares the everloving crap out of me to even think of leaving my child with someone who isn't prepared to give him the same attention I would. I work and my husband stays home. People literally criticize our decision, because "the man should work," but if the woman makes more money and it is possible for my husband to stay home, that is the BEST thing I could hope for.

just licensed last month ! wrote on January 14, 2009 10:18 AM: The pool would have to be fenced in for the operator to obtain a license, but that license didn't last a full month !

joe wrote on January 14, 2009 07:45 AM: Why would you allow your child to stay at a child care house / facility where a swimming pool is easily accessible?

This tragedy sound like it was totally avoidable. If you decide to care for children at your home as an occupation, drain the pool.

Tom, Burbank wrote on January 14, 2009 06:51 AM: "She wouldn't say whether the backyard pool was fenced in." Translation: It isn't fenced in.

jc wrote on January 14, 2009 05:17 AM: Do you think that the $8 burnout at the carwash really cares about the cars?

Do you think that the $8 burnout at the gas station really cares about the customers?

Do you think that the $8 landscaper really cares about the yards?

Do you think that the $8 burnout at the daycare really cares about the kids?

Daycare is a choice. People opt for money and things even though it means their kids will be raised by strangers.

Don't say it is not a choice - for 95% of people, it is a choice. I make a very modest living. My wife is not working right now because she is raising our 3 small children. We have never had any kind of special outside help. We get along just fine. We dont live the high life that 2-income families live, but we have never gone without anything that we NEED (we do without a lot of things that we want).

I know, I know - there is a social taboo on mentioning that daycare may not be the most wonderful thing in the world for kids. I wonder why people are so sensitive about it. Could it be because, deep down, they know they know it is the wrong thing to do and harmful?