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 ...

Nearly three out of four kids in Chicago had no swimming lessons in summer of 2022, with significant racial and ethnic differences, according to a parent survey from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s ...

Every child should learn to swim. However, there are barriers we must overcome to make that happen. They are alarming: Factors that determine children’s safety in water include economic status, ...

Before going any further, here’s the main thing parents should know about swimming lessons: all children should have them. Every year, over 4,500 people die from drowning in the United States — and, ...

Drowning is a leading cause of accidental death for children, especially impacting minority communities due to historical and socioeconomic factors. Learning to swim is crucial for water safety and ...

Kids in Prince George’s County, Maryland, can apply for a chance to learn how to swim or to train to become a junior lifeguard for free. The Aquatics for All scholarship competition, through Prince ...

Ask any parent: learning to swim is important, despite the frustrations of those first lessons. And when a child has special needs, large-group lessons in a loud, busy pool simply doesn’t work.

CINCINNATI (WLWT) — A Northern Kentucky swim company is launching an annual scholarship to pay for autistic and nonverbal children to learn to swim. The idea started after seeing WLWT’s coverage of a ...

WILL ROLL OUT. THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES HEALTH ASSOCIATION, Y OF CENTRAL MARYLAND AND BALTIMORE RAVENS HOPE TO TACKLE CULTURAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL BARRIERS WHEN IT COMES TO SWIM SAFETY. MOST YOUNG ...

At a swim meet just outside St. Louis, heads turned when a team of young swimmers walked through the rec center with their parents in tow. A supportive mom kept her eye on the clock while the Makos ...