Water death tradgedies

Ok I can’t spell TRAGEDIES

How can we make our children safe in the water if they don’t know their own capabilities.

We cant. In my opinion.

I live nearish to water.
I see far too many children lark about far too much around water.

Only thing I can think of to help, which may make a difference, is a National Government campaign.
Are these even done any more?

All School Children must have swimming lessons. My 9year old Granddaughter goes with her school every week to the local pool for lessons.
All primary schools must provide swimming instruction during either Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2 (typically delivered between Years 3 and 6). Because it is a statutory requirement, parents cannot choose to withdraw their children from these lessons.

She also has lessons at the local pool which her parents pay for.

Certainly there should be more publicity about ^cold water shock. I didn’t know about that till I joined a New Year’s Day swim.
But many children and teens ignore warnings or even worse, see them as a challenge.
They have the supreme confidence that they can cope and they won’t be in any danger.
One former headteacher used to do assemblies, warning of the dangers of electricity pylons and problems caused by the cross-currents and quicksands.
We still, over the years had occasional pupil deaths and for the luckier ones, claims that they had been rescued by the lifeboat.
Those claims always led to an assembly about the selfishness of making lifeboat crews risk their lives to save you from your own stupidity.

They may be taught to swim, but it’s education on cold water shock and no amount of education will change the bravado of young people. Similarly two people have died trying to rescue their dogs, the dogs survived.

Sorry Mollygo x posting.

This is on another thread... water drownings are down 80% since the 1950s/60s.
I think this was per capita. Would have to check that though.

More awareness and more people can swim.

Yes, please chack. I would be interested to know.

check not chack

Whatever happened to parents getting in the water and teaching their own child to swim?