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Floatation devices were never meant for pool use, they are for open bodies of water

Don’t let the next words coming out of your mouth be, I didn’t know. Get your child skilled ASAP, drowning has NO seasons! #prevention #parents #judahbrownproject #facts #uscoastguard #survival #swimlessonssavelives

We back in the water in one month! 💦 Refresher sessions for returning students are March 11 & Spring April 8, open spots May 20th! My spring is full, and less than 8 spots remain for my 5/20 summer session. ☀️ Share to invite your friends & help keep their kids safer. Go to www.aquakidsswimming.com for more info on how to reserve your child’s spot!

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Water is responsible for more toddler and preschooler deaths than any other danger. But we, as a society, act like it’s just a fun playground.

My son died in that playground… It’s where most children who die lose their lives.

Water can be fun…but it must be respected first.

Thankful for Atlanta & Company; we can help keep our kids safer this summer in the water. Share swim safety tips with someone you love; it could be a life you save! 💙 Atlanta ISR Gina Iaconis Torjak

Water Safety Tips Keep your kids safe this summer in the water. Get swim safety tips from certified ISR instructor Gina Torjak.

Skill the child & Constant Adult supervision

Did you know that Memorial Day weekend is one of the weekends that sees the most drownings every year?

Be vigilant this weekend. Use the layers of protection:

Designate water watchers for all swimmers and stay within arm’s reach of all non-swimmers in and around the water.

Be extra vigilant when kids are meant to be out of the water-snack times, breaks, meal times, in the hours just after water time-These are the most dangerous times and the most likely times for the kids to sneak back to water alone.

Put barriers between the kids and the water-pool safety fences, locks, alarms.

Download the RescueMe CPR app-it will walk you through what to do if someone needs CPR and will call 911 for you.

Use Life Jackets around open water for both your kids AND you! Don’t use them in pools-use one-on-one touch supervision there instead.

Enroll your kids in high-quality swim lessons (survival swim for kids under 6). The sooner they can swim, the safer they will be.

Have fun but be safe this weekend!!

Great reminder; Skills before thrills.

Warmer weather is coming once again and with it come conversations from parents, discussing which flotation devices will be best to purchase for their kids when they go to the pool this year.

We would like to offer our opinion…

Their own bodies.

That is the very best flotation device you can give your child.

Every other flotation device will carry the risk of teaching you and your child a false sense of security around the water.

This could potentially make you less cautious than you need to be, because you feel safe with your child in the device, and it can make young children believe that floating just naturally happens when they go into the water. This makes mobile children more likely to go to the water on impulse, but without having any skill to save themselves if they were ever to fall into it alone and without their device on.

Don't believe me? Then believe the rest of the water safety experts that also recommend against the use of flotation devices (with the exception of Coast Guard approved life jackets and those should be used ONLY in open water such as oceans, lakes and rivers, where water is uncontrolled and even more dangerous because of it).

Don't trust them? Then trust the American Academy of Pediatrics' official statement on the use of flotation devices, cautioning against their use.

The CDC also cautions against the "use of any air filled or foam toys, such as water wings, noodles, inner tubes, arm bands, inflatable rings, rafts and puddle jumpers".

Don’t want to listen to the professionals? Then listen to the hundreds of parents who used these devices faithfully with their children, like you, thinking they were doing the best thing for them. Listen to them, because their babies went to the water without their devices. They drowned. They died.

Or how about the kids who were saved just in time, who later told their parents that they either thought they still had their device on when they went back to the water, or thought they could swim without it, because they could “swim” with it on.

The bottom line is, as much as parents want to find a product that will work, without danger of failing or teaching bad habits, both of which could lead to drowning, there are just no short cuts to the issue of children and water safety.

No device will ever be as safe for your child as one-on-one touch supervision with you, in and around the water, and survival swim lessons.

A child's own body is their very best floatation device and the only one they will be able to take with them, wherever they go.

Good summer to you ☀️ Safer summer to them!