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Swim suit color matters! Bright, neon colors stand out in the water. Light colors, blues, and greens are hard to see. While there is no substitute for constant supervision, the color of swim suit your child wears could save their life if the worst was to happen.

Memorial weekend often means more time for fun in the sun and water! But before the celebrations begin, please take a moment to review these life-saving water safety tips from ISR:

https://www.infantswim.com/water-safety/water-safety-information.html

No matter where you’re heading, preparation is key. Drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1-4, but it is preventable. Let’s keep our kids safe, confident, and protected around water this weekend and all summer long.

Here’s some friendly water safety reminders as you plan for water days💙

1- Adult supervision/Designate a Water Watcher
2- Windows/Doors - locked and alarmed at all times - REMOVE pet doors
3-FENCE THAT POOL
4-Quality self-rescue swim lessons
5-Learn CPR

ALWAYS check the water first if a child goes missing!💙

Wishing you a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend as you reflect and remember those who lost their lives for our country 🇺🇸

Did you know 88% of child drownings happen with an adult present? And being distracted at the pool is the main culprit.

We get it - your phone is magnetic. 🧲 But when we are talking about child safety, keep your eyes up and away from the screen. No "just checking real quick." No "one second." Zero. 📵

Be one of the first 1,000 people to take the Water Watcher Pledge and get a FREE lanyard! Check it out at ymca.org/phones-down-eyes-up

A pediatrician in a recent article recommended that younger children stick with mommy and me lessons until age 4, instead of doing survival swim lessons and stated there is no evidence that survival swim lessons actually reduce drownings.

First, I want to say that mommy and me lessons are actually the dangerous ones, because they teach our most vulnerable kids (let us not forget that drowning is the number 1 cause of death for kids 1-4 years old) to be secure and happy in the water, without teaching them ANY skills to survive in it. Statistically, most drownings in childhood (almost 70%) happen during non-swim times, when kids are not meant to be in the water. Teaching them confidence in a place that they are already so heavily attracted to without teaching survival skills there at the same time is a recipe for a drowning to happen.

I know. I did mommy and me classes with my child. They taught him overconfidence in the water. He slipped away from me for 2 minutes and died of drowning. Since then my organization has carefully examined all schools of thought that we could find with regard to swimming lessons and have found true survival swim to be far and away the most effective in keeping younger kids safer around water.

We believe survival swim is safe, loving, careful, attentive and effective. They teach competence (survival skills) at the same time as teaching confidence, so that children will automatically get into a back float if they were ever to fall into the water alone. I have learned of many cases of kids saving themselves, using these skills, from the various instructors we work with.

Please know that survival swim, when taught correctly, is safe and effective.

Now, let’s talk about the doctor’s notion that there is no “evidence” that survival swim is effective in reducing drowning rates. Not true. There is a plethora of anecdotal evidence. When the doctor in this article says there is no evidence, they are referring to formal studies. However, no formal studies have been done on ANY swim school of thought around their effectiveness in preventing drownings. The dcotor left that little, important detail out.

My thought is, our rates of drowning in this age group are not getting better with traditional, mommy and me lessons. In fact, they are getting worse. Prior to 2018, drowning was the number one cause of accidental death in this age group. Now, it is the number one cause of death period in this age group.

Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is just NOT working. Why continue to push ineffective strategies???

It’s time for something different. It’s time to teach our kids to survive in the water.

I’m currently full for the summer, but I’m always adding to my waitlist. Fill out the form below to get added!

https://form.everestwebdeals.co/?form=2ad223dc4c034e3502536ade6ab303da

11:10 and 11:20 have opened. First come first served! Lessons start June 15th and run daily for 6 weeks.