In this episode, I am joined by Hannah from Stingrays 315 Swim School to talk about water safety.

The statistics say that only 1 in 3 adults can swim and that only 4% of 11 year olds are water competent. Hannah shares some of her knowledge as both a parent and a swimming teacher and explains why is it so important that we as adults respect the water and teach our children to too.

Hannah reminds us that children can still get into trouble even if they can swim. She notes that this doesn't just apply to smaller children, but teens too and it is crucial that our children know that to have fun in the water, they need to remember to be safe.

We discuss:

• Why it's important to look our for dangers, and to remember to do this.
• Swimwear colours
• What else we can do as parents to make sure our children are water competent,
• How easy it can be to encourage children to learn what to look out for when swimming in terms of being safe and dangers,
• How we can have conversations about water safety with our children without frightening them,
• The water safety code,
• Advice for parents of teens who go swimming on their own,
• Paddling pools & hot tubs,
• Secondary drowning,
• Advice for parents who are focused on their child's goals and achievements but their child doesn't have the same focus,
• Advice to parents who want their child to go to lessons but their child either doesn't want to go or doesn't enjoy their lessons.
• What Stingrays 315 Swim School have to offer

You can find Stingrays 315 Swim School here: Swimming Lessons Lancaster UK | Swimming Lessons UK (3-1-5.co.uk)

Thank you to Reading Fairy Lancaster for sponsoring this episode.