JOINT NEWS RELEASE UK Issue Date: Friday 23rd June 2017 DROWN PROOFING YOUR CHILD – THE BABY SWIMMI
Evidence for or against drown-proofing a child is necessary, but it would be unethical to subject babies and toddlers to these methods to assess the methodology. Therefore, a new report titled ‘Sink or Swim’ has been published by the UK baby swimming industry today to argue the case against drown-proofing teaching methodologies based on authoritative scientific research. All the major UK bodies involved in baby swimming have come together to speak out and warn parents about t