As parents, we want to know how to teach our babies to swim because the desire to see, feel or hear water is universal. People from all walks of life seek its soothing yet refreshing nature. Water ...

BOARDMAN — Hot weather has finally arrived in the Mahoning Valley and beyond, and something a lot of children will be doing during the summer months to cool off, whether at home or on vacation, is ...

The snow is melting, and the cold temperatures are warming up, which can only mean one thing: summer is coming! Summer and ...

Rebecca Schlegel never really got the chance to be a mother to her 11-year-old stepson, Jon Schlegel. The soon-to-be fifth grader drowned at the Lakeview Sandbar in Vidor in 2004, just weeks after ...

As temperatures rise and families across East Texas head to the water, experts are urging parents to enroll their children in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As we get ready for summer, pool and water safety becomes top of mind for parents. Drowning is the leading cause of death in children under the age of 4, and it can happen in an ...

NAVAJO DAM, N.M. — Turning tragedy into something positive. That’s what one family in the Four Corners has done after they lost their 6-year-old son in 2014. He drowned during a trip to Navajo Lake to ...

Children with autism are 160 times more likely to drown than their neurotypical peers. Children with autism are 160 times more likely to drown than their neurotypical peers, according to the Autism ...

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 ...

Two-time Olympic gold-medal swimmer Cullen Jones almost drowned when he was 5. His parents had taken him to Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Pennsylvania, where he went down a slide into a pool. “I ...

In honor of National Water Safety Month, Pool Scouts has partnered with the Hope Floats Foundation to donate more than 1,500 swim lessons for children living in poverty. Local Pool Scouts Owner, Shane ...

PROVIDENCE – Concerned about drownings in Rhode Island, the state Department of Environmental Management wants to teach more children to swim, especially children who live in urban areas. As part of a ...