In this episode, I am joined by Hannah from Stingrays 315 Swim School to talk about water safety.

The statistics say that only 1 in 3 adults can swim and that only 4% of 11 year olds are water competent. Hannah shares some of her knowledge as both a parent and a swimming teacher and explains why is it so important that we as adults respect the water and teach our children to too.

Hannah reminds us that children can still get into trouble even if they can swim. She notes that this doesn't just apply to smaller children, but teens too and it is crucial that our children know that to have fun in the water, they need to remember to be safe.

We discuss:

• Why it's important to look our for dangers, and to remember to do this.
• Swimwear colours
• What else we can do as parents to make sure our children are wa ...