A new edition of the practical parents guide providing advice on how to teach children aged three months and upwards to swim. Guiding parents from first activities to do with their child in the water, through how to teach all the major strokes, diving, swimming underwater, floating techniques, this is an indispensable yet accessible guide to teaching your child one of life s major skills. Also contains emergency procedures such as conserving body heat and resuscitation. Produced in consultation with swimming expert Carol Hicks.