60 Minutes last night

I think it would breed a fear of water, more than anything else, and you don't want your kids to be scared of the water

I found the whole story disturbing and cried at those poor wee toddlers who had lost their lives - such a horrible statistic in Australia. Definitely is making me think about swimming lessons for Bella...

I used to have reoccurring nightmares about drowning when I was growing up, I was actually experiencing the feeling of sinking into complete darkness and it was so real... I later found out that I actually drowned in our family pool when I was 2yo, I had stopped breathing and was saved by my mum giving me mouth to mouth. Even though I don't remember the event itself, that feeling of panic has stayed with me (although not so bad now) and there's no way I would ever inflict that on my son - in my experience you do remember trauma like that.