Safety on Vacation

There was a segment on The Today Show this morning about staying safe on vacation.

The statement that caught my attention- “parents let down their guard, and don’t always enforce the same rules that apply at home”.  Unfortunately, very true.

Two recent examples that I observed: bike riders (including several adults with their kids in the attached buggy) out during the height of the severe thunder storm Sunday-  hopefully they were rushing home, but it was hard to tell; and a young girl at the beach by herself in the early morning hours to collect shells- I’ve seen her each morning this week- no adult in sight. Noticed her walking off the beach and she is staying 2 blocks back. 

We may feel that we live in “Utopia”, but the shore is still part of the real world (thankfully a modified version).