These Lessons Can Save Your Child's Life

Posted by ortegalaw on September 17th, 2019

As a parent, you are responsible for teaching your children everything from language to potty-training to reading and writing. However, there is one lesson that is more important than any of the others. If you teach your child to swim at a young age so they can save themselves from drowning, you can keep them from becoming a headline on the nightly news. It is most important that your child learns the swim-float-swim technique as soon as possible. This technique allows your child to take a breath while floating in between swimming, so the child can save himself. The child has to be able to flip over in the water from their front side to their back.  If your child is in need of swimming lessons, you need to find a place that specializes in kids learning to swim in Mar Vista.

What to Look For

It's natural for your child to exhibit some anxiety when entering a big pool of water, so look for a center that offers parent-tot lessons, so you can learn how best to hold the child in the water and be close to the child so he'll feel safe. You want a warm, salt-water pool if at all possible. The facility should be staffed with certified lifeguards and be dedicated and caring professionals. The goal for you and for the staff is to instill confidence in your child and to practice safe techniques while teaching your child to be confident in the water. Once the children perfect the swim-float-swim technique, they can advance to group lessons where they can learn the four basic strokes of freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. The lessons should be made fun with games and toys to strengthen the child's swimming abilities. Color-coded bathing caps can be used to show various levels of achievement. Even if your children don't become Olympic swimmers, being comfortable in the water, and able to save themselves, is the best lesson you can give them. And the sooner you start the lessons, the better it will be for the child since they won't have time to learn the fear of the water, and since you will be assured your child won't become a statistic by drowning in a backyard pool. These are a few of the many reasons you should find a facility who teaches kids learning to swim in Mar Vista

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