The key swimming milestones all children should reach by age 10 – and why being able to doggy paddle isn't enough, ...

School's out for summer and that can only mean one thing: families are packing their beach bags and heading out for some fun in the water. Others are retreating to the backyard pools of friends and ...

A pool isn’t always fun and games for children with autism. Statistics show drowning is the leading cause of death for children with ASD. It’s a concern for Jo Renshaw of Australia, whose 7-year-old ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — In an airy indoor pool with fish cutouts on the walls, a group of small children bobbed, floated and tentatively flutter-kicked. It was what it looked like, a starter ...

Summer is here. For most kids, that means no school, going to camps and long evenings playing outside among the fireflies. For some kids, summer also means going to the pool and swimming for a summer ...

Parents who say they let their young children swim at the beach solo have defended their choice to let them do so. Sammy and Jason, who live in Australia, claim they have adopted the “lighthouse” ...

The First Coast YMCA provided swim lessons to over 400 children in St. Augustine thanks to a $125,000 grant from the CDC Foundation. The program aims to reduce drowning, a leading cause of death for ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Some Bend parents are having a hard time getting their kids into public swim lessons. “It’s been very difficult trying to get them enrolled through Bend Park and Rec.," Jessica ...

HOLLAND, Mich. — A man from Holland is taking on a large body of water for a cause he says is just as big. Bryan Huffman hopes to be the 10th person to swim across Lake michigan — and he says he's ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — Hundreds of kids in the D.C. area will learn how to swim this summer for free. Government Employees Health Association, Inc. (G.E.H.A) is partnering with the YMCA of ...

This story about swimming in Paris is part of How Paris Moves, a series of dispatches about communities and social change in France through the lens of the 2024 Summer Olympics. It’s another Friday ...