In part one of our Is It Safe? series, experts warn that these popular flotation devices may give kids and parents a false sense of water confidence Experts say kids wearing floaties should never be ...

A child who wore a Stearns Puddle Jumper life jacket while swimming experienced difficulty breathing and "severe bruising on her rib." On 18 June 2017, a Facebook user posted a harrowing account of ...

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Pool parties, beach trips, lakeside getaways, river rafting, water parks — the summer is full of aquatic adventures. But with that comes being aware of the risks that water poses. According to the ...

For Christi Brown, it's the legacy of her son, Judah, who died at 3 years old in a drowning accident, that keeps her moving forward. "He was a little firecracker," she said of her son. "So curious ...

When we first began taking our toddler to the pool, I noticed that almost as ubiquitous as moms slathering pasty white sunscreen on squirmy kids was the presence of "puddle jumpers," a combination of ...

Our Older Boy adores swimming and is stress-inducingly fearless when it comes to the water — he’ll jump in a pool, unaided, without a moment’s hesitation. We tried putting him in a lifejacket, but he ...