{"id":8626,"date":"2017-02-21T22:37:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T22:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/austin\/5-reasons-your-child-shouldnt-wait-longer-to-begin-swim-lessons\/"},"modified":"2017-02-21T22:37:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T22:37:04","slug":"5-reasons-your-child-shouldnt-wait-longer-to-begin-swim-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/austin\/5-reasons-your-child-shouldnt-wait-longer-to-begin-swim-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Your Child Shouldn\u2019t Wait Longer to Begin Swim Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Drowning is a serious issue in Texas.\u00a0<\/strong>The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services recorded a tragic 107 child drowning deaths in 2016.\u00a0 Drowning is the\u00a0 # 1 cause of accidental death for children between the ages of 1-4.\u00a0 Additionally, for every child who drowns, four are hospitalized and 16 receive emergency department care for near drowning.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. The good news is . . . swim lessons make a difference!\u00a0<\/strong>Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that swim lessons can reduce risk of drowning up to 88%.\u00a0 In Fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics modified their recommendations about swim lessons, citing studies that show most children over the age of one may be at lower risk of drowning if they have some formal swimming instruction.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Water everywhere!\u00a0<\/strong>Central Texas features a warm climate and an abundance of pools, lakes, and rivers to enjoy year-round.\u00a0 The ability to be safe in and around the water and to swim confidently allows our children to access the water safely.\u00a0 Swimming is seen more and more as a requisite life-skill that we must provide for our children.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Swim Smarts!\u00a0<\/strong>A Griffith University four-year study on children 5 years-old and under showed more advanced physical and cognitive abilities for swimmers.\u00a0 The children were anywhere from 6 to 15 months ahead of the normal population when it came to cognitive skills, problem solving in mathematics, counting, language and following instructions.\u00a0\u00a0Study Details<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. British Swim School is now in Central Texas!\u00a0<\/strong>With locations opening in March of 2017, our unique, fun, and gentle techniques, perfected since 1981, can effectively help your child progress from water survival skills to learning to swim.\u00a0 View our\u00a0website\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0pages for more information.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Drowning is a serious issue in Texas.\u00a0The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services recorded a tragic 107 child drowning deaths in 2016.\u00a0 Drowning is the\u00a0 # 1 cause of accidental death for children between the ages of 1-4.\u00a0 Additionally, for every child who drowns, four are hospitalized and 16 receive emergency department care for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-swim-tips"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/austin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}