Leah Thaggard Swimming Lessons

I have a passion for teaching children swimming lessons, and more specifically, survival lessons. By the way, if they can survive, they can swim and know swimming safety rules! These survival lessons are very important to me because of a friend of ours, two-year-old Gracie. In 2001, Gracie crawled out of her crib, opened the door, crossed the street, pushed open a gate, and fell into a neighbor's pool and drowned.

Would your child know what to do in a situation like the one described above? Gracie was a victim of the "silent killer." Not only do I urge you to teach your children to swim, but also to make sure pool gates you are close to are secure. I have a friend whose niece was in a near drowning accident.