Drowning deaths between ages 15 and 24 are up.

[warrior queen]

It seems since taking compulsory swimming lessons out of primary schools, many parents aren't making the effort to teach their kids water confidence.
The rate of drownings has gone up sharply.

Have you taught your kids to swim?

 

[warrior queen]

Gotta love it - the Kidsafe Foundation does NOT endorse compulsory swimming lessons.
Instead, they have a checklist you can download and self-police to try and make your home safer

 

[chaser723]

Oh no quick we should ban swimming since it kills so many kids..... I mean logically that is the thought process behind gun control so it should work here too right.

 

[koalabear]

They cun't even tech redin", ritin" and rithmetic, so forget swimming.

 

[Mike_Yates]

It seems since taking compulsory swimming lessons out of primary schools, many parents aren't making the effort to teach their kids water confidence.
The rate of drownings has gone up sharply.

Have you taught your kids to swim?

Stay out of the pool if you can't swim.

I don't ever recall being required to take swimming lessons when I was in grade school....

When I go into a pool, I don't have to swim because I'm so tall my feet always touch the bottom.

 

[KRCummings]

Who the fuck has compulsory swimming lessons? That's dumb. But then you're a racist piece of shit so go figure.

 

[VaticanAssassin]

Oh no quick we should ban swimming since it kills so many kids..... I mean logically that is the thought process behind gun control so it should work here too right.

More kids drown in pools than by guns..... We should ban them both however.

 

[Arlan]

I never heard of schools teaching swimming, but I'm a strong swimmer and so is my kid. It's weird to me that there are adults who can't swim. Don't parents insist, kinda like they insist that you learn to cross the street safely?

 

[SalviaDivinorum]

More kids drown in pools than by guns..... We should ban them both however.

It's probably true that no kids have ever drowned by guns, I'll grant you that.

 

[pete]

i grew up in michigan, where you pretty much had to swim through 2 lakes just to get to school every day. but it was then, and should always be, the parent's job.

no wonder the education system is a huge CF... they don't even have a concensus on what should and shouldn't be taught

 

[JohnnySavage]

It's probably true that no kids have ever drowned by guns, I'll grant you that.

I chortled.

 

[killallhippies]

i grew up in michigan, where you pretty much had to swim through 2 lakes just to get to school every day. but it was then, and should always be, the parent's job.

no wonder the education system is a huge CF... they don't even have a concensus on what should and shouldn't be taught

what the fuck are you talking about?

 

[phrodeau]

Who the fuck has compulsory swimming lessons? That's dumb. But then you're a racist piece of shit so go figure.

Fewer black kids learn to swim than white kids, so the drowning rates are higher for blacks. Compulsory swimming could change that imbalance.

http://www.wmctv.com/story/19134095/swimming-study-70-percent-of-african-american-children-cant-swim

http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow...imming-MinoritySwimmingQualitative Report.pdf

 

[bronzeage]

It seems since taking compulsory swimming lessons out of primary schools, many parents aren't making the effort to teach their kids water confidence.
The rate of drownings has gone up sharply.

Have you taught your kids to swim?

In America, everyone has a swimming pool in the backyard, so most kids learn to swim at home, if they don't fall in the pool and drown, before then.

 

[warrior queen]

I never heard of schools teaching swimming, but I'm a strong swimmer and so is my kid. It's weird to me that there are adults who can't swim. Don't parents insist, kinda like they insist that you learn to cross the street safely?

When I went through primary school here in Australia, swimming was part of the curriculum.
Budget cuts meant it was axed from schools in the early 80's.
Now kids aren't taught in schools, and most parents could care less, so drownings occur more.
The Life Saving Club wants swimming put back into the curriculum.

 

[rosco rathbone]

It's because you can't swim while checking facebook on your phone.

 

[killallhippies]

It's because you can't swim while checking facebook on your phone.

no, but you can apparently doing it while riding a bike.

with both hands and eyes on the phone.

i fucking hate kids.

 

[CandiCame]

I never took swimming lessons... I never heard of swimming lessons until I was in college where the pool had lessons for little kids who's parents were students. I thought it was adorable because I'd go in to swim laps and you'd see all these little babies swimming around in the kiddie pool.

I thought that you instinctively knew how to swim... In fact, I'm 90% sure that that's an instinct, like the rooting instinct. I remember it from psychology class, if you put a baby in water, it will swim.

I used to be a lifeguard, worked at a water park all through high school and when you take your class to get your lifeguard license, they teach you that the main reason that people drown in hypothermia. You can get hypothermia even in the middle of summer in a pool, and your muscles fuck up and you can't swim. It's not a deal of not knowing how.

You're born knowing how to swim- you don't know fancy strokes or anything, but you know not to drown.

Hold up, I googled it. Humans can naturally swim.

"The mammalian diving reflex allows people to stay underwater for extended periods of time. It is exhibited strongly in aquatic mammals, but also in humans. The diving reflex is triggered specifically when cold water contacts the face. Water that is warmer than 21°C (70°F) does not cause the reflex, and neither does submersion of body parts other than the face. As soon as the face hits cold water, the diving reflex is triggered in an attempt to maximize oxygen output. The human heart rate slows down by 10-25% and blood flow is constricted to the extremities. At extreme depths, the body intentionally allows fluid to fill the lungs and chest cavity to prevent organs from being crushed by pressure.

The mammalian diving reflex greatly increases the odds of survival during accidental submersion. It helps prevent drowning in humans and even works if the individual is unconscious before entering the water. Because of the reflex, a person can survive longer periods of time without oxygen in cold water than on dry land or in hot water. Another interesting fact is that the diving reflex lessens with adulthood. Children are more likely to survive extended periods of time in cold water. The reflex is particularly strong in seals, otters, and dolphins, which are mammals that spend a lot of time in the water. It remains unclear if the diving reflex occurs in extreme cold weather outside water.

Interesting Fact: The mammalian diving reflex has caused some to examine the aquatic ape hypothesis, which says that the common ancestors of modern humans spent time adapting to life underwater. The hypothesis is based on the differences between humans and other great apes, and similarities between humans and some aquatic mammals. The theory uses many human functions to support the claims including hair loss, hair location, the subcutaneous fat on babies, the descended larynx, the hooded nose, voluntary breath control, the waxy coating on newborns, and the mammalian diving reflex."

 

[warrior queen]

I never took swimming lessons... I never heard of swimming lessons until I was in college where the pool had lessons for little kids who's parents were students. I thought it was adorable because I'd go in to swim laps and you'd see all these little babies swimming around in the kiddie pool.

I thought that you instinctively knew how to swim... In fact, I'm 90% sure that that's an instinct, like the rooting instinct. I remember it from psychology class, if you put a baby in water, it will swim.

I used to be a lifeguard, worked at a water park all through high school and when you take your class to get your lifeguard license, they teach you that the main reason that people drown in hypothermia. You can get hypothermia even in the middle of summer in a pool, and your muscles fuck up and you can't swim. It's not a deal of not knowing how.

You're born knowing how to swim- you don't know fancy strokes or anything, but you know not to drown.

Hold up, I googled it. Humans can naturally swim.

"The mammalian diving reflex allows people to stay underwater for extended periods of time. It is exhibited strongly in aquatic mammals, but also in humans. The diving reflex is triggered specifically when cold water contacts the face. Water that is warmer than 21°C (70°F) does not cause the reflex, and neither does submersion of body parts other than the face. As soon as the face hits cold water, the diving reflex is triggered in an attempt to maximize oxygen output. The human heart rate slows down by 10-25% and blood flow is constricted to the extremities. At extreme depths, the body intentionally allows fluid to fill the lungs and chest cavity to prevent organs from being crushed by pressure.

The mammalian diving reflex greatly increases the odds of survival during accidental submersion. It helps prevent drowning in humans and even works if the individual is unconscious before entering the water. Because of the reflex, a person can survive longer periods of time without oxygen in cold water than on dry land or in hot water. Another interesting fact is that the diving reflex lessens with adulthood. Children are more likely to survive extended periods of time in cold water. The reflex is particularly strong in seals, otters, and dolphins, which are mammals that spend a lot of time in the water. It remains unclear if the diving reflex occurs in extreme cold weather outside water.

Interesting Fact: The mammalian diving reflex has caused some to examine the aquatic ape hypothesis, which says that the common ancestors of modern humans spent time adapting to life underwater. The hypothesis is based on the differences between humans and other great apes, and similarities between humans and some aquatic mammals. The theory uses many human functions to support the claims including hair loss, hair location, the subcutaneous fat on babies, the descended larynx, the hooded nose, voluntary breath control, the waxy coating on newborns, and the mammalian diving reflex."

I did say deaths are increased between 15 and 24, which your article appears to agree with.
So there is a case for swimming lessons after all.

 

[CandiCame]

I did say deaths are increased between 15 and 24, which your article appears to agree with.
So there is a case for swimming lessons after all.

I just wonder what the drownings are in the states where we don't have swimming lessons. I'd hate to think that we're better then another country at anything other then being fatasses. And I've only known of one person drowning in my entire life and I worked as a life guard for four years.

Just because an instinct kind of tapers off doesn't mean that you don't still have it. By the time you're into adulthood, you ought not need a swimming instinct because you ought to either 1: Have enough sense not to drown or 2: Have enough sense not to get in the water.

It just sounds like a waste of time to me, but what the hell do i know, I'm not Australian.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I was very surprised to read this headline, particularly since Ishmael had no remaining kids in this particular age demographic.

 

[TonyClifton]

Have you taught your kids to swim?

For my son Stuart, it was natural.

I chartered a fishing boat and he fell overboard.

He just swam back to the boat like it was nothing.

I think that he had been watching our dog though.

He did the dog paddle.

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

Compulsory swimming lessons? Never heard of it.

I never understood why parents spend money on swimming instructors. Then sit and watch. Teaching your kids how to swim is good parent/child bonding time. The child never forgets that.

When my dad taught my brother and I how to swim, he just threw us into the lake. It was literally sink or swim. Of course, he jumped in to keep us afloat after we drank more water than we spit out. But, it worked.

 

[warrior queen]

Swimming used to be part of the compulsory school sports program.
Then they canned it.
Now people drown.

 

[Johnny_Ray_Wilson]

Swimming used to be part of the compulsory school sports program.
Then they canned it.
Now people drown.

Maybe times have changed. Back in my day, most kids could swim before 1st grade. Not the school's job to teach kids how to swim.