Water safety is absolutely essential when it comes to children, especially since drowning is the leading cause of death among children under four, as well as teenagers. Supervision is a key aspect in water safety, and this doesn’t just include pools and large bodies of water. There should also be adequate supervision in bath tubs and small fish ponds. Swimming lessons are also an important thing to consider, as they can teach kids as young as one successful survival skills in water.

Key Takeaways:

• Water safety isn’t just for your house pool or the local pool. A lot of children drown in the bathroom or neighborhood ponds and ditches.
• Supervision is the number one thing that can help prevent drowning. Even if children know how to swim, they are still at risk of drowning.
• The other thing to help prevent drowning is making sure even if you are an adult you take swimming lessons as well. Good places to check for local lessons is the YMCA or Red Cross.

“So it’s important for parents to know about how to protect kids, avoid risks, and respond in an emergency.”

Read more: https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/water-safety.html