It's summer again, teach your kids to swim
Yesterday, a 17-12 months-antique boy died within the surf here. He drowned when the waves kicked up as a squall line rolled in. He floundered for a 1/2 an hour earlier than he succumbed. What a waste and the way horrible a manner to exit. Had the those who added him into the sector taken their jobs seriously, he would not be lifeless.
The papers and the police are blaming the weather but that's not what's responsible for this young man's death. According to his friends at the scene, he couldn't swim. That he couldn't swim was his parent's fault. Had that young man been able to keep himself buoyant or been able to just tread water in a rip tide he's be alive right now.
Teaching a child to swim is on par with teaching a kid to read or to do basic math. It's part of being a conscientious parent. Really.
I discovered a way to swim off the end of a dock and I get it that it really is an opportunity loads of people don't have. However, there are YMCAs everywhere with manner-adjusted swimming packages.
At some point, you will be confronted with a body of water and not knowing how to deal with it is a death sentence.
I look to the Gulf of Mexico as an area of renewal and relaxation. I get it that it is able to excellent harm but the squall line the previous day turned into no massive deal in the wonderful scheme of factors. Please. Teach your children to swim.
