“Mother’s Heart”… A home swimming pool protects children from drowning

Swimming is a fun sport loved by young and old alike, but it poses a great danger to youngsters when practicing it in deep pools if there is no supervision from professional trainers.

Some children enjoy this sport on the shores of rivers or waterways away from their parents’ eyes, especially in rural areas, which prompted a Chinese mother to search for an alternative way to provide fun for her children without the risk of drowning while they are away from her.

Swim in mom's heart: A mother from Shangrao, east China's Jiangxi province, built a heart-shaped pool for her son in the backyard to avoid him playing water in dangerous rivers. pic.twitter.com/toouj8Og1K

— Beautiful China (@PDChinaLife) July 28, 2021

The idea is to design a swimming pool in the shape of a heart, which it called “the heart of the mother”, according to the Chinese page “Beautiful China”, which indicated that its goal is to protect children from drowning.

This small pool was designed within the garden of the house with an appropriate distance that allows children to play inside it when it is filled with water, but its depth does not exceed a meter, which provides them with the necessary safety.

One of the children is shown swimming in the pool freely, while another child participates with him.