Tag: "drowning"
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Boating Safety for Your Children Includes a Life Jacket
Boating Safety for Your Children Includes a Life Jacket
In 2008, eleven children under the age of 13 died while boating, more than half of those because of drowning. (American Boating Association) Eleven children may not seem like much in the grand scheme of fatalities, but any parent who has lost a child can tell you that one child fatality is one too many. [...]
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Water Park Safety for Toddlers
Water Park Safety for Toddlers
Many families look forward to visiting the water park in the summer. Nothing cools you down better on a stifling summer day than a dip in the pool or a run down a water slide. Obviously, this kind of environment poses a risk to toddlers and young children, but they can have fun too with [...]
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How to Keep Your Children Safe this Summer
How to Keep Your Children Safe this Summer
As we end May, which is National Water Safety Month, and head into the summer months of June, July, and August, I wonder how many of us are ready for the increased risk pools and water pose to our babies, toddlers and young children. Let’s review some statistics. Water-Related Statistics (Compiled from Safekids.org unless otherwise [...]