May is Water Safety Month and teaching your child how to swim could be a matter of life or death. With summer just around the corner, many families will be heading to the water, making swimming skills ...

Kids are flocking to the pools as the Philadelphia area continues to experience a heat wave, making water safety even more important. At Nile Swim Club in Yeadon, a free swim program is underway to ...

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 ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In an airy indoor pool with fish cutouts on the walls, a group of small children bobbed, floated and tentatively flutter-kicked. It was what it looked like, a starter ...

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (CBS) -- According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, drowning is the number one cause of death for children between the ages of 1-4 but swim lessons can save lives.

HANAHAN — When Graydon Glass first started swimming lessons last year, he didn’t even want to get into the pool. Now, it’s the highlight of his week. Reluctance to start swimming lessons may sound ...

Hundreds of kids in the D.C. area will learn how to swim this summer for free. Government Employees Health Association, Inc. (G.E.H.A) is partnering with the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington to provide ...

At a swim meet just outside St. Louis, heads turned when a team of young swimmers walked through the rec center with their parents in tow. A supportive mom kept her eye on the clock while the Makos ...