Why should my child take swimming lessons? And what do they need to know?
- Written by Michelle O'Shea, Senior Lecturer Sport Management, Western Sydney University

Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional death from injury worldwide. From July 2018 to June 2019, 276 people drowned across Australia – a 10% increase on the previous year.
Among those were 19 children under four years old, eight children between five and 14 and a further 45 young people aged 15-24.
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