Summer Kids Pool Water Swim Safety Tips

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Holiday and Vacation Family Travel Safety

According to a new survey by Time Inc. and YouGov, 42% answered they planned to travel this holiday season and 27 percent said they planned to stay in a hotel. For families traveling over the holidays, delayed flights, bad weather and heavy traffic are not the only concerns that need to be front of mind.

For most children, the last time they were swimming was several months ago and skills can get rusty.Trips to relatives' homes in warm climates and hotels with pools can create a situation where children could be at a higher risk for getting into a situation where drowning is possible.

9 Pool and Water Safety Tips

United States Swim School Association offers these valuable water safety tipsCreate a verbal cue that must be given by an adult before any kids can enter the pool.

• Create a verbal cue that must be given by an adult before any kids can enter the pool.
• Gather the adults of your extended family if cousins and relatives are swimming together and create an agreed upon set of pool rules before kids are allowed in the water.
• Select a parent to be the designated "water watcher." This adult should not be drinking alcohol while children are in or near water.
• Familiarize your children with the pool they will be swimming in, i.e. where the shallow and deep ends are, where stairs to get in and out are located, where they can and cannot swim.
• If visiting a hotel with an indoor water park, do not rely on lifeguards to constantly monitor your children. You cannot be sure how experienced a lifeguard is and should never assume. It might take a new guard time to notice an unsafe situation in a crowded pool and you need to be ready to react first if your child needs help.

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• Do not use water wings or pool floats as a substitution for supervision if your child is not a strong swimmer.
• Always go with children to the hotel pool. Do not let them swim unsupervised. Just because you are on vacation does not mean you are on vacation from being a responsible parent.
• If you have a pool at home be sure to take precautions before traveling. Secure fences, gates, door locks and covers so an accident does not occur while you are away.
• Cold weather destinations are never a guarantee of safety, either. Children still need to be watched around water that appears frozen should not be allowed to walk on frozen ponds, lakes, creeks or other bodies of water because it could easily crack and trap a child under the ice.

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This spring and summer when your kids are off from school or when your family is away together visiting relatives or traveling on vacation, celebrate safely on and near the water by following all this helpful advice.

About US Swim School Association
US Swim School Association (USSSA) began in 1988 to fill a gap in the swim school industry. USSSA is now the largest swim school association in the country with over 400 members providing swim and water safety instruction to over 500,000 students each year. To find a USSSA affiliated swim school near you or for more information visit usswimschools.org.

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