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Teach Your Baby to Swim: Simple Steps for a Safe and Happy First Swim

A Massive New Study of 20,000 Adults Says This Is What Happens When You Start Going to Bed Early Trump’s push to rewrite the ...

7 ways to teach little kids about body safety before they can talk

According to Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, children under two can understand language and even communicate before they ...
PBS

A Swim Lesson

Watching a child learn how to swim is like witnessing a great opera. The maestro of this emotional orchestra is Bill Marsh. Swimming is the closest human beings will ever get to flying. And there is ...

Parents who lost their toddler to drowning are opening a swim school in N.J.

Kim and Stew Leonard Jr. will open their second Stewie the Duck Swim School adjacent to a Stew Leonard’s store in North ...
The Mirror

Girl, 4, drowns during swimming lesson at private nursery with no lifeguard

A swimming lesson at a private nursery ended in tragedy after a four-year-old girl drowned in a pool deemed too deep for children and without a lifeguard present. The shocking incident took place at a ...
Staten Island Advance

New Staten Island swim program aims to teach kids a life-saving skill

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In a groundbreaking effort to close the water safety gap and equip children with a vital life skill, a new public-private partnership is launching a free swim instruction ...
Slate

My Second-Grade Daughter Spread a Nasty Rumor About Her Classmate. We’ve Got to Teach Her a Lesson.

It’s only been a little over a month since school started, and my second-grade daughter, “Mickey,” is already in serious trouble. Her teacher called last week to tell me that Mickey spread a rumor ...
KGW8

At 94, she's still making waves: The unstoppable Gwen Foley

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Close your eyes and imagine a 94-year-old woman. What does she look like? What is she able to do? Now open your eyes and meet Gwen Foley. She has been teaching adaptive swimming for ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Here’s what Clark County is doing to keep toddlers from drowning

While recent warm weather across the Las Vegas Valley ushered in the start of the outdoor swimming season, it also initiated a renewed push by Clark County officials to promote drowning prevention ...
a-z-animals

Baby Otter Gets Its First Swim Lesson

Baby otters are adorable and go viral online for their cuteness all the time! One of these videos from the Oregon Zoo YouTube channel highlights an adorable stage of the baby’s life. As otters are ...
KOIN 6

Emler Swim Schools – Teaching Water Safety for over 50 years

PORTLAND,ORE(KOIN)- Emler Swim Schools have been teaching children to swim for over 50 years. With four locations in the Portland and Vancouver area, they have group and private swim lessons to fit ...
WLOX

Changes coming to Mississippi Gulf Coast YMCA, including upgrades to indoor and outdoor swimming pools

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - The YMCA natatorium is like a second home to Marie Mullen. She’s been teaching swim lessons there for 30 years. “This pool offers so much. It’s been a part of my life for ...