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Thanks for sharing .. . Teach children to be safe … it’s not with puddle jumpers or floaties!!

Watch your kids while they swim. Many kids will drown right in front of their parents, because drowning doesn’t look like what you think it does.

Do YOU know what it looks like?

It’s not what you see on TV. TV dramatizes it to keep you in suspense and make you keep watching.

This is what drowning REALLY looks like:

1) It’s SILENT. No splashes. No screams. They are trying to breathe and can’t make noises.

2) It’s FAST! It takes 20-60 seconds.

3) There is no jumping out of the water or arms flailing around. It happens almost entirely under water.

4) Their head will be arched up, attempting to reach the surface to breathe. They may bob up and down just at the surface for a little while and this can look like doggy paddling/playing.

5) Under the water, they are in a vertical, up and down position and their arms and legs are cycling as if they are trying to climb a ladder.

6) They can’t move forward much, if at all….not enough to get to safety.

7) They can be right next to the wall or an exit and still not be able to reach it…and they will drown inches away from safety.

8 ) They can be in water shallow enough for them to stand in but not realize they can simply stand up, as they are in panic mode.

Learn to spot drowning. You just might save a little life!!

Happy Monday swimming !😍

Swimming is fun family time — Learning to hold their breath and float .. now that takes some practice and a few tears!! ❤️

Trigger Warning: Image of a child that died from drowning.

“But isn’t letting your baby cry in the water traumatizing to them? “

“I won’t get survival swim lessons for my child because I can’t watch my baby cry.”

The real of this is that babies are going to cry. It’s how they communicate. They do it when they are mad, sad, not sure what you want them to do, hungry, when they have soiled themselves and yes, when they are scared too.

Toddlers have separation anxiety as a normal phase of development and will scream and cry if you leave them with anyone, regardless of if that person is in water or not.

Just because your baby may cry during (usually only the initial few sessions of) survival swim lessons (they would cry during any lessons), it does not mean that they are being traumatized. It means that they are being a normal, baby human.

Reputable survival swim instructors know how to teach your children without traumatizing them. They are trained not only in teaching water survival techniques but also in phsychology of learning and child development. They know the stages and phases and what kids can and can’t do at specific ages. They know how to teach each age and stage appropriately. Trust them.

Take it from a momma who knows what real trauma is and wishes she could hear her child cry just one more time….

Drowning is the most likely reason a child under 5 in the United States will die. You wanna talk trauma? THAT is trauma.

Get your children skilled in the water.

We hope you and your family have taken on our Water Safety Challenge so that you can have a safe pool season all year long.

Make sure your family and friends:
-Learn to Swim Float Swim
-Assign a Water Watcher when you are in or around water.
-Fence your pool
-Learn CPR