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💦Why Every Parent Needs to Be a Water Watcher

When it comes to children and water, safety can’t be left to chance. Drowning is quick, quiet, and often happens when adults are close by but not paying full attention. Whether it’s the bathtub, a backyard pool, a lake, or even during swim class, kids need more than supervision, they need a designated water watcher. What Is a Water Watcher? A Water Watcher is an adult who takes on the specific responsibility of actively supervising children around water. Unlike general supervision, being a Water Watcher means your only job in that moment is to watch the water and the kids in it - no distractions, no exceptions. Why It Matters Drowning is silent: Forget the movie scenes with splashing and shouting. Most drownings happen quietly and in seconds. It happens fast: A child can slip under the water in less than 30 seconds. It can happen anywhere: Pools, bathtubs, ponds, beaches, even backyard buckets hold risks for little ones. Having a Water Watcher creates a safety net. When one person is a...
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I Live In Canada...Canada Day 2021 Reflections

A picture of 3 First Nations children in traditional dress
Photo Credit: Harvard Political Review 


I live in Canada...where are you from? What a question! I’ve asked it so many times during the videos I’ve shared over on the Tot Tutor channel but today this question has been cause for pause. Canada Day hit differently for many Canadians this year, following the grizzly discoveries of mass indigenous child burial grounds. 

Canada Day will never be the same again and maybe that's what's best. 

Many Canadians spent much of the day mourning and talking about the people who were here before us and the descendants who have been traumatized by the genocide.

I took time to learn about the Métis, the Inuk, the Mississaugas and the Three Fires Confederacy and others who stewarded the  land in days gone by and grieved at the historic mistreatment of the First Nations here and everywhere. 

Unfortunately this is a shared history in the Americas, Caribbean and elsewhere in the world and we need to make sure our young ones know the complete story of those who first inhabited these lands, their relationship to the land and how they took care of it.

We can also talk about big topics like friendship, broken promises, treaties and reconciliation.

Teaching accurate and complete histories (even if unpleasant and painful) to the upcoming generation is one way we can play our part in raising global citizens and  making sure the ugly parts of history never repeat themselves. ♥️




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