Dolfin Swim School
Celebrating 40 years!
Water Safety
What is every parent’s biggest priority? Water safety!! We live in a state where there is water everywhere- lakes, pools, rivers, oceans, and even the bathtub. In Texas in 2010 between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend, there were 12 drownings and 17 non-fatal incidents.
Children can never be safe. But they can be SAFER!! There is always a Risk. The Swim for Life Foundation’s Safer3 provides recommendations to parents to provide layers of protection so that the risk of drowning or permanent brain damage from a near-fatal accident can be lessened.
There are so many things that parents, grandparents, and nannies can do to prevent childhood drownings and injuries around the pool. The first and most important thing to do is to create a safe environment around the perimeter of the pool by using barriers that will not let children into the pool area unsupervised. In addition, the majority of drownings occur when an adult is present, but took their attention away from the pool area even a couple of minutes. Supervision is the primary form of prevention for poolside accidents.
At Dolfin Swim School, our first priority is to teach Water safety. We start with the first class that each swimmer attends by teaching our swimmers to get back to the wall. We will also teach our swimmers to roll over onto their backs, float calmly, and then kick on their backs to the wall or steps. Lastly, we spend one class teaching the #1 Water safety rule and 4 ways to help someone “in trouble”. These skills have proven to save several of our own Dolfin swimmers’ lives.
See our video about how well our 2.5 year old Harper learned her safety lessons.
For more information on how to protect your most cherished children, go to the Swim for Life Foundation website at www.swimforlife.org