Blog Safety Topics: Water and Drowning

Life-Saving Tales and Tips about Water Safety from a 12-year-old Babysitter

September 25, 2020

Learn tips about how to keep your kids safe in and around water.

One Last Summer Splash for Labor Day

By Editor

September 1, 2016

Check out these tips for a safe and fun Labor Day.

Learn CPR, Save a Child’s Life

By Editor

August 3, 2016

Learning CPR helped save this granddaughter’s life.

Swimming Pool Safety: Do Fence It In

By Anthony Green

July 28, 2016

Dive into this blog on a public policy initiative in the recent Safe Kids report on water safety and laws requiring fences and barriers around pools.

Mom Unedited: Pool Safely this Summer

By Editor

June 29, 2016

In the latest Unedited Mom blog, learn about Winston’s scary adventure in the swimming pool and tips for parents on how to keep their kids safe in and around water.

Water Safety and Persistent Misconceptions

By Editor

June 29, 2016

Safe Kids Worldwide and Nationwide get the word out through this press release about keeping kids safe in and around water.

Let the Summer Fun Begin

By Editor

May 23, 2018

Whatever your plans are for this Memorial Day and into summer fun, here are a few tips to keep your adventures as safe as they are enjoyable.

Safe Kids Start with Safe Homes

By Editor

February 23, 2015

With people still talking about the Nationwide Super Bowl ad that brought dramatic attention to the number one killer of kids, preventable injuries, we’re releasing new research that reveals the scope of the problem in a place most parents assume is safe: the home. Every day, six children die from an injury in the home, and 10,000 go to the emergency department for the kinds of injuries that commonly happen in homes.

Tags: home safety, tv safety, poisoning, water safety, falls

Staying Safe in Open Water: Lessons From a Coast Guard Son

By Daniel Aboagye

July 15, 2014

My dad is an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, and although we’ve moved several times I can’t remember ever living more than 50 miles from the ocean. One would think that having a father in the Coast Guard and living so close to the water would mean that I have plenty of experience with the ocean, but in fact the opposite is true.

Tags: open water, water safety, drowning, swimming safety

Adventures in Safety

By Editor

June 28, 2016

Yes, my parents actually let me marry the guy who burned me. We were in high school and my future husband, John (the sweet guy he is), was cooking fried okra. The oil in the pan became too hot too fast. It went up in flames in a matter of seconds. I was standing back against the wall and could not get out of harm’s way quick enough. My right foot and leg caught on fire.

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