Now that the kids are older, I am more confident in letting them play in the waters at the beach. Even then, I am still only allowing them to just play near the shore and not go into the waters completely.
I just have this phobia of them drowning and disappearing into the deep sea. After reading so many stories and cases of children dying and being swept away by the currents in the ocean, I just do not dare take the risk of letting them even play near the water.
My eyes never leave them as they play with the water and the sand at the beach.

Unlike someone! Tsk Tsk...