Pool Safety
Swimming may be one of the furthest activities from your mind as the holiday season is underway. But the many distractions such as food, imbibing and good conversations that come with the holiday season can still spell t-r-o-u-b-l-e for the youngest among us. Texas Swim Academy wants your kids to stay protected around pools, hot Read More
The holidays are a time for family, friends and loads of laughter. They are also a time when families are busy and can be easily distracted, leaving little ones to do what little ones do best – be curious and explore. Even the best of parents can lose sight of his or her child on Read More
When people picture what it looks like to drown, many see a cartoon-like image of someone wildly flailing their arms and splashing while bobbing about in the middle of a pool or a lake. What people don’t realize is that drowning is almost always nearly silent, and it doesn’t take a large body of water Read More
Three Reasons to Enroll Your Child in Survival Swim Lessons
Pool Safety, Survival Swim, Water Safety
Gone are the days when it was thought kids should be in preschool before they learn how to swim. As we now know (and as the American Academy of Pediatrics now openly acknowledges), children as young as one year of age should be taking survival swim lessons. A parent’s knee-jerk reaction to this is fear. Read More
Drowning is quick, silent and it’s 100 percent preventable. Sadly, according to the World Health Organization, an estimated 360,000 drowning deaths occur worldwide with children having access to water being among those at the greatest risk. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution to pool safety. This is why drowning prevention advocates have developed what is known as Read More