Preventing Children from Drowning

United States
October 11, 2007 9:22pm CST
This may bring a tear to your eye, but I promise it all turns out OK. This baby is amazing. You have to watch this video!!!!!! http://www.childdrowningprevention.com/index.html This is totally amazing. I wish all of us could have access to this so we could teach our babies to swim and the lives that would be saved! Let me know what you think. I heard from a friend that this is really the truth and was started by a man at Sea World in Orlando, Florida.
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@bagumbayan (2705)
• Philippines
24 Oct 07
it is really amazing, and of course it is with the guidance from the instructor. Me, I dont know how to swim, how I wish, when on swimming pool I just wag my feet and pretend I can swim, but I am holding the side of the pool. Thats why I see to it that my kid gets swimming lesson, and she can swim. I should have learned it when I was younger. The best all parents can do is to see to it that all their children be taught to swim for safety and for fun and for body health.
@mamasan34 (6518)
• United States
14 Oct 07
This video is amazing! I was so caught up in it. That baby is just incredible. I think that this would be an excellent program for our children to be involved in. It could save thousands of lives yearly. It is always so sad to hear about small children drowning because they fell into the pool or a body of water. With this knowledge they could give themselves a fighting chance!
• United States
13 Oct 07
WOW!! That interesting. This is a must for all parents. I will definitely be bookmarking this page for when I even have kids. I wish this would have been around when I was little because I'm not a swimmer. This would have stopped my fear of water before it was allowed to start.
• United States
12 Oct 07
That is so incredible! That baby could hardly walk, yet he knew what to do. Thanks for sharing.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
13 Oct 07
I WAS crying at the end of the video..It was amazing how calm and relaxed that baby was...I think all parents with young babies and children should teach this method...most babies or children would have panicked almost ensuring their possible drowning, but with this life saving method the baby/child learns how to relax...even adults don't do that!
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
14 Oct 07
Man that was hard to watch! But it is interesting to see it through. It's amazing how a child's mind works and how fast they learn while so young. More people need to know about this in hopes to save their own child from drowning. The sooner a child learns the less likely they'll drown or be afraid of water when they're older.
@gberlin (3836)
12 Oct 07
This is a must for parents who have toddlers and a swimming pool. We had our children take swimming lessons when they were 5 years old. If I had a pool when they were younger I would have wanted them to be taught this method. This resource should be given to every new parent as they leave the hospital.
@SpitFire179 (2536)
• Canada
12 Oct 07
i thought this video was amazing, and i think that parents can too teach their babies to swim like this, all they need to do is give them some time and be with them in a pool, show them the tricks of the trade with undivided attention, something many parents don't do now a days...