Nick Maclaren wrote:
There is a third way: be a little more rational, and resist the pressure
to join in the mass hysteria.
For heaven's sake, a child of 3 can just walk out of a shallow pond 18"
deep! The risk is MUCH lower than not LOCKING up all of the household
chemicals and many cooking supplies and carrying the key on your person.
Children of 3 are quite intelligent enough to drag chairs to climb up
on the chair backs to reach top shelves.

My childminder who looked after both my boys when little had a pond.
She had a steel grid over it, sides tucked into the banks and it was so
solid I could stand on it!

I understand your frustrations over 'kids safety' but these days, I'm
sorry to say that children are kept inside too much and they don't
'roam' like we used to in total freedom through fields, farms and near
ponds and rivers. It very much depends on how you bring your kids up. I
have had my boys up trees by the time they could climb a chair, swim in
anything that has water in it and we put the tent up in gales, snow but
sunshine too. In fact, they perhaps ate more up in their tree house
than around the table )

It's good for kids to have nature so close - I'll say the OP should go
for a pond and make it totally safe for his own sanity!!

Check this link OP!!!

http://www.pondsafety.com/