As a teenager in high school in Southern California, I took swimming as one of my physical education classes. The first day the teacher assessed everyone’s ability level. He discovered that two of our ...

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 ...

I was sitting by the pool recently watching my 9-year-old swim in the shallow end, snorkeling and looking for diving toys. That's when I overheard another mom talking to a lifeguard. She was asking ...

Rebecca Schlegel never really got the chance to be a mother to her 11-year-old stepson, Jon Schlegel. The soon-to-be fifth grader drowned at the Lakeview Sandbar in Vidor in 2004, just weeks after ...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — Florida leads the nation in child drownings. We are surrounded by beautiful bodies of water and it’s why swim safety is more than a story. It’s a priority for us. In this “Swim ...

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 ...

WORKWEEK. THE FORECAST FOR YOU AHEAD. THANKS, HALEY. A NEW MARKET WOMAN IS ABOUT TO HEAD TO CENTRAL AMERICA TO TEACH HER PASSION OF SWIMMING TO OTHERS. 26 YEAR OLD AUDREY DOBSON IS A SWIM INSTRUCTOR ...