Article September 23, 2002 Issue

KIDS ... WATER ... SAFETY ... PRAYER

with contributions from Jeanine Millington

Jeanine Millington of Brisbane, Australia, is certified by AUSTSWIM (the nonprofit Australian Council for the Teaching of Swimming and Water Safety) as a swimming and water safety teacher. Noticing news reports about an alarming number of child drownings in her area (an average of one per week for children under five in Australia), Sentinel contributing editor Beverly Goldsmith recently spoke with Millington about water safety as it applies specifically to children.

In Australia, and in the US where child drownings average about 30 per month, these deaths are all too common. Why are so many children drowning?

Children are apparently unaware of water hazards in or near their homes. Research pinpoints these hazards: ornamental garden ponds in the United Kingdom; sunken bathtubs in Japan; canals in the Netherlands; industrial containers used in homes in the United States; and private swimming pools in Australia, where drowning is the fourth most common cause of accidental death.

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