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Sink or swim? Every year, hundreds of toddlers drown. But, surprisingly, the American Academy of Pediatrics warns parents against swimming lessons for youngsters. Does its argument hold water?
Michelle Feczko calls them "three tragic seconds," the moment toddlers slip out of parents' sight at a pool or waterpark, a moment that will haunt them forever.
As childhood injury prevention coordinator for Children's Hospital of Orange County, Calif., she has met with dozens of grief-stricken, guilt-ridden parents who swear that they turned from their child for just a few seconds before tragedy struck.
It's a story that gets repeated all too often across the country. Only car accidents claim more young lives each year than drowning, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, which tracks such statistics nationally. In 2001, ...
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