how to prevent your child from drowning.

Check out this article from the American Academy of Pediatrics about how to prevent your child from drowning.  

More than 1,000 children die each year from drowning, according to a new study in the journal Pediatrics. If a child survives, he likely will have brain damage and long-term disability such as learning problems or not being able to care for himself.

Children ages 0-4 years and adolescent boys are at the highest risk of drowning. Young children are most likely to drown in the bathtub or after accidentally falling into water. The study also found that adolescent boys are four to six times more likely to drown than girls, mostly because they think their swimming skills are better than they really are, and they are more likely to take risks.  READ FULL ARTICLE