My Child Can Swim - Who Needs Pool Safety Fencing?

The following link goes to an article on a non profit site that concludes from a study that pool safety fencing indeed saves small children’s lives and that a strong closing gate is an important part a safe system.

Also I found this info interesting because I hear from several potential customers that “My 3 year old child can swim because he/she had a swim class last year.”

Well, I have a 3 year old that has been through several classes and I can’t imagine trusting his safety on his current ability to swim or his judgment.

A CDC study about self-reported swimming ability (Gilchrist et al. 2000) found that:

• Younger survey respondents reported greater swimming ability than older respondents; Self-reported ability increased with level of education (i.e., high school graduate, college graduate, etc.)
• Among racial groups, African Americans reported the most limited swimming ability
• Men of all ages, races, and educational levels consistently reported greater swimming ability than women.