| You should never leave a child of any age alone | | | | a swimming pool. |
| near water of any kind, because if the child | | | | In addition, set certain rules around the swimming |
| cannot swim chances are the child will fall in and | | | | pool, and read it to your children. Therefore, have |
| drowned. Anyone that owns a pool should first | | | | them read it out load to everyone that comes |
| teach his or her children to swim. | | | | over to swim with them. This will give them a |
| When in the process of teaching a child to swim | | | | clear message that there will be no running, no |
| use, floaties on their arms just in case they go | | | | pushing, and most of all no horseplay while |
| under water, the floaties will keep them from | | | | anywhere around the pool. |
| completely going under water. However, floaties | | | | The swimming pool can be fun but it can also be |
| help to teach the child to float, but will not keep | | | | dangerous if someone falls down while running and |
| them from sinking. | | | | hits their head then falls in the water they could |
| Therefore, teach your kids to swim the way you | | | | drowned. Many kids like to wrestle and play |
| learned to swim, hold them under their bellies and | | | | around with their friends; however, do not allow |
| tell them to kick and drag their arms through the | | | | them to wrestle around the swimming pool. |
| water. While they are kicking and moving around | | | | Everyone loves to go swimming during the |
| in the water, move around with them in the | | | | summer time, however, make swimming a |
| shallow area of the pool. | | | | memorial time instead of a dangerous time. |
| Never go in the deep part of the pool with a child | | | | Always remember to be safe while around a pool |
| that does not know how to swim, because if the | | | | or any water for that matter. In addition, if you |
| child starts to go under they will freak out and | | | | have teenagers and let them have a get |
| that could be dangerous. No child is born knowing | | | | together, one night be sure that a mature adult |
| how to swim, but children as well as adults can | | | | will be watching the party. |
| be, taught how to swim. | | | | The reason that an adult needs to be present is |
| However, for some they pick it up easy, even | | | | that some teenagers take beer to parties with |
| though your child may seem like a good swimmer | | | | them, and when beer and water is involved |
| adult supervision is still required. On the other | | | | people get hurt. |
| hand, you never know what may happen around | | | | |