More children ages 1 to 4 die from drowning than from any other cause of death. And drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death for kids ages 5 through 14. Swim for Charlie is a ...
A partnership between Community Offshore Wind and YMCA will provide free swimming lessons to thousands of Brooklyn K-3 children, an experience that can onboard them in adulthood to careers as turbine ...
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 ...
In part one of our Is It Safe? series, experts warn that these popular flotation devices may give kids and parents a false sense of water confidence Experts say kids wearing floaties should never be ...
Hours of swimming can be damaging to kids’ delicate and developing eyes. Swim goggles sized especially for smaller faces protect them and keep kids comfortable while they splash the day away. We think ...
Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky poses with a gold medal that she won at the Paris 2024 Olympics and a copy of her book Just Add Water at Ledecky’s ”Conversation With CBS' Tony Dokoupil” event at the ...
COWLITZ INDIAN RESERVATION — Clark County kiddos made a big splash Thursday at ilani hotel’s pool for the 16th annual World’s Largest Swimming Lesson. The YMCA of Columbia-Willamette partnered with ...
This story about swimming in Paris is part of How Paris Moves, a series of dispatches about communities and social change in France through the lens of the 2024 Summer Olympics. It’s another Friday ...
"Is it safe?" is a commonly searched phrase among parents, and for good reason. Parents want to know what products are safe to use with their children, and what to avoid. This article is the first in ...