Influencer Emilie Kiser issued a desperate plea to parents to install fences around pools six months after her son tragically drowned.
Three-year-old Trigg passed away after he was left unsupervised in his family’s backyard in Arizona.
Kiser has expressed her regret over the accident multiple times since returning to social media in September.
In a candid post shared yesterday, the 26-year-old reflected on what she would have done differently.
‘Please take every precaution possible around water with your children.’ Kiser warned. ‘Drowning is quick and preventable.
‘I know statistically Trigg’s drowning won’t be the last, and more have happened since. Drowning is the leading cause of death in children ages one to four in the US.’
Kiser advised parents to watch their youngsters at all times, saying ‘No amount of supervision is too much or “helicopter parenting.”‘
She advised pool owners to install fences and even add a barrier over existing protection, such as nets or automatic covers.
Influencer Emilie Kiser made a post exactly six months after her son’s drowning death urging parents to install pool fences
Her three-year-old Trigg drowned tragically in the family’s backyard in May
She also recommended pool alarms, extra locks, and automatic closers for doors that lead to the outside.
‘Please sign your kids up for swim lessons… lessons as soon as the age of six months old,’ she added.
A study by Harvard Health showed that children as young as one can learn to keep their head above water and recover if they fall in.
‘I take full accountability as Trigg’s mother, and I know I should have done more to protect him,’ Kiser said in another social media post.
‘I miss him with every fiber of my being. Every ounce of me yearns to hold him again,’ she continued.
Kiser was not home when her son drowned on May 12. Trigg and his newborn brother were being watched by their father, Brady Kiser.
‘I will forever second-guess that decision, among many others,’ Kiser said in a report from Maricopa County police obtained by People.
The boy was reportedly left unsupervised in their back yard for nine minutes, seven of which he spent underwater.
In her post, Kiser issued an urgent warning to parents and said she takes full accountability for the tragedy
Kiser issued an urgent warning to pool owners and parents of young children
She called her son’s death ‘preventable’ and advised that parents put children in swim lessons from a young age
Her husband, Brady, was at home with Trigg and their newborn son Theodore.
Phone records from the day showed he placed a sports bet just minutes before Trigg fell in the water. Despite recommendations from Maricopa County police, Brady did not face criminal charges.
Police confirmed in May that Trigg was found unconscious and could not be revived.
The toddler was pulled from the pool and airlifted to Phoenix Children’s Hospital where he was declared dead six days later.
In the recent post, Kiser vowed to keep her son alive and to cherish his memory.
‘I miss him daily,’ she wrote. ‘I love him forever, and I hope I can spread even an ounce of the joy he gifted to us and everyone he crossed paths with each day.’
The Daily Mail contacted Kiser’s team for comment.
