Abu Dhabi Police warns of leaving children on beaches without supervision
Abu Dhabi Police warned of the dangers of leaving children without parental control while swimming in the seashore and urged families to be present in the sites where there are rescue platforms and adhere to the instruction signs on the beaches and not to swim in the depth of the sea to avoid drowning accidents, and it warned beachgoers to avoid swimming at night or in hours The first dawn, as that is a great danger to their lives.
She appealed to parents to monitor their children, even if they are good at swimming, and to make sure the child wears the protective jacket against drowning when playing with water, and to the importance of monitoring children who suffer from nervous spasms and have a motor impairment while swimming.
She warned parents and mothers to not be distracted by the phone or social networking sites while children are swimming, because within a few minutes, a drowning accident may occur in the event of lack of alertness and proximity to children.
She stated that neglect is a major cause of child drowning accidents, which requires not to be distracted from them and to be keen to follow preventive measures, explaining that many of the children drowning accidents occur due to family neglect and lack of familiarity with swimming.