There are still children who learned to swim the worst possible way - by being tossed into the water and expected to swim instinctively. Rita Goldberg says she can't believe some people still use this ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Summer is in full swing and many people are going to the pools with their children. Most, if not all, public pools have lifeguards watching swimmers, but it is always good to ...

CYPRESS, Texas – One of the earliest practical skills you can introduce to your child is the ability to swim. With the summer months steadily approaching—and the summer temperatures coming even sooner ...

Are you a parent who wants to keep your kids safe this summer? The best thing you can do is teach them to swim. I say this as a nonalarmist mom dedicated to actual safety, instead of security theater ...

Children with autism are 160 times more likely to drown than their neurotypical peers. Children with autism are 160 times more likely to drown than their neurotypical peers, according to the Autism ...

In the drowning prevention community, we dread hearing the other F-word: floaties. These seemingly innocuous devices give responsible parents a false sense of security with the assumption that the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — A grieving Colorado mother ...

I have been swimming for most of my adult life. Since I was four years old. I swam for the Napa Swim Club, and continued until I was fourteen or fifteen. It is therefore particularly disturbing for me ...

Kelly Ann Kinney is not your average swim teacher. Although she's giving lessons this summer to a group of children at the Lake Johnson Pool, Kinney is actually a Raleigh police officer who has traded ...

When I was 5 years old, I nearly drowned while visiting a Pennsylvania amusement park. I spent 30 seconds underwater not knowing what to do. Luckily, I was rescued by a lifeguard and resuscitated, but ...