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Photos: Napa kids jump into pool for 'Worlds Largest Swimming Lesson' Kids seen receiving swim lessons at Makai Swim School in Napa on Thursday, June 22.

Parents should ditch the floaties and teach their kids the swimming basics. Lisa M. Zarda is executive director of the United States Swim School Association.

It’s summer and pool season. Here’s how to keep your kids safe A new federal report warns about the risk of children drowning in swimming pools and lays out precautions and safety tips.

Summer fun goes better with water — but what if kids can’t swim? The Department of Conservation and Recreation can fix that for free. Here's how.

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During the World Largest Swim Lesson kids spent the morning at Smith-Hazel Park Recreation Center Pool learning how to swim and some safety tips.

The community of Seine-Saint-Denis hopes that its new Olympic swimming pools, built for the 2024 Summer Olympics, will also be a resource for its citizens who need to learn how to swim.