Summer is an exciting time of year for families. There is more time to spend together with school out of session and parents using vacation days for trips to the beach and long weekends at the pool. Unfortunately for many families, water-related activities can put lives at risk. According to
Water is fun – no doubt about it! But it’s even more fun when everyone is practicing the things that will make it safe, too! Here are the five things that all kids should know how to do in the water: Safely get in and out of the pool When
Teachers know how to spot it – over-zealous homework helpers. Could be that it’s given away by the excessive erasure marks on a math paper or the science project obsessively organized and too “centered” or the history project overloaded with information that the student can’t answer questions about. Be real
When we were kids, I don’t remember that getting enough Vitamin D was an issue. In fact, my mother had to drag us in from the yard so we could have our dinner. And in the summer time, we would rush back out after our meal to continue to play
I’m not typically someone who dwells on the negative perspective on things but this list caught my eye and sparked by curiosity. This is good information – even if it does deal with statistics and not what is the spirit of these cities. Reading the descriptions in each cities slide
Adults aren’t the only ones spending lots of time with their tushies in chairs – kids are too. In fact, young children are spending just as much of their time (more than 60 percent) sitting in high chairs, carriers, swings, car seats, etc. How can you fight the effects of
Click this link to a VERY interesting video. A Minneapolis-St. Paul television station, FOX 9 News partnered with Foss Swim Schools to do a test to see if parents near a pool would notice a child drowning. We have the wrong impression of what drowning is like. There is no
When you’re getting ready to hit the pool with your not-yet-potty-trained little one, finding that you forgot to pack the swim diapers creates a dilemma. You might consider putting on a regular diaper and hoping for the best. But pools insist on swim diapers for both safety and sanitary reasons.
Written by John Kirk Children will, no doubt, be around water and exposed to water situations many times during their lifetimes. Whether participating in water activities or merely being on the sidelines at swimming pools, lakes, beaches, water slides, water parks, park rides and the like put them close enough
They may have neoprene gloves and boots but not much else as they enter the water each Sunday. This would be the Coney Island Polar Bear Club members. But you wouldn’t confuse them with others out for a swim because I doubt if there are many others in the frigid
