Heading to the pool this summer? Avoid these mistakes when your kids are learning to swim to prevent drowning.

With swimming pools across the country opening Memorial Day weekend, it's time for us parents to make sure we know how to keep our kids safe around water. Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death among children ages 1 to 4 years old, according to the CDC, and sadly, between Memorial Day and Labor Day in 2015, 209 children drowned in swimming pools and another 76 in lakes, according to the United States Swim School Association (USSSA).

根据美国疾病防控中心的数据，溺水是1至4岁儿童意外死亡的主要原因，不幸的是，在2015年阵亡将士纪念日和劳动节之间，有209名儿童在游泳池中溺亡，另有76人在湖泊中溺亡，据美国游泳学校协会（USSSA）称。

While teaching kids to swim can save lives, as parents, we have our own preferences and beliefs about at what age a child should learn and what techniques should be used. No matter your choice, Sue Mackie, executive director of the USSSA, suggests following these guidelines so you're not putting your kids at increased risk while they're learning to swim:

虽然教孩子游泳可以拯救生命,作为父母,我们有自己的想法和计划对多大的孩子应该学会和应该使用什么技术。无论你的选择是什么，USSSA的执行董事Sue Mackie建议遵循这些指导原则，这样你就不会让你的孩子在学习游泳时增加风险。

1. Don't be nonchalant about entering the water.

1.不要对下水之前的事漠不关心

Create a process the child must go through before entering a pool, such as putting on a swim diaper, changing into a swimsuit, and applying sunscreen. "Having a pool routine will teach your child that the pool cannot simply be jumped into at anytime, and it can help reduce the chances that your child might be tempted to try to go swimming without you being aware," Mackie says.

在进入游泳池之前，孩子必须经过一个过程，比如穿上游泳尿布，换上泳衣，涂防晒霜。"泳池的常规训练可以让你的孩子知道，泳池是不可能在任何时候跳进泳池的，这有助于降低你的孩子在你不知情的情况下想去游泳的几率，" Mackie说。

2. Don't allow your child to be the one to decide when to enter the pool.

2.不要让你的孩子决定什么时候进入游泳池

"Create a verbal cue for your child that must be given by you before he or she can enter the pool," Mackie says. "This creates an additional barrier of entry for your child if used consistently. He or she will learn that jumping into the pool requires permission first."

"为你的孩子创造一个语言暗示你的孩子必须在他或她进入游泳池之前得到你的帮助"麦琪说。这就为你的孩子创造了一个额外的障碍，如果你一直使用的话。他或她会知道跳进游泳池需要先得到允许。

3. Never use flotation devices or water wings.

3.不要使用游泳圈或救生衣。

While life jackets are designed to save a child from drowning and should always be worn near open bodies of water like lakes or the ocean, flotation devices and wings can slip out of a child's grasp or fall off. "This can create a false sense of security around water," Mackie says. "Instead, teach children how to locate, swim to, and then climb hand-over-hand along the pool wall to a step or ladder where a safe exit can be made from the pool."

当救生衣被设计用来拯救一个溺水的孩子而应该一直被放在像湖泊或大海那样的开放水域中，漂浮的装置和翅膀可以从孩子的手中滑落，或者掉下来。“这可以在水周围制造出一种虚假的安全感，”Mackie说。“相反，教孩子们如何定位、游泳，然后沿着泳池壁攀爬到一个台阶或梯子上，在那里安全出口可以从游泳池中逃生。”

4. Don't always use goggles with your kids in the pool.

4.在泳池里别总是用护目镜。

"Teach them to open their eyes under the water so if they fall in they can open their eyes and find the side or a step and leave the pool safely," Mackie says.

“教他们在水下睁开眼睛，这样如果他们掉进去，他们就能睁开眼睛，找到方向或台阶，然后安全地离开泳池。”

5. Don't let your fears hold them back from learning to swim.

5.不要让你的恐惧阻碍他们学习游泳。

Do not panic if your child's face dips below the surface of the pool or transfer feelings of fear to your child if that happens. "For very young children, practice having them put their entire face under water in the bathtub and blow bubbles to build their comfort with water," Mackie says.

如果你的孩子的脸在游泳池的表面下，或者如果发生这种情况，你的孩子会感到恐惧，不要惊慌。“对于非常年幼的孩子，练习让他们把整个脸放在浴缸里的水里，吹泡泡来让他们在水里感到舒服，”Mackie说。

Of course, always keep children under constant supervision around water, install fences and barriers around pools, and know CPR. And enroll your kids in swim lessons when they—and you!—are ready to take the plunge.

当然，总是要让孩子们在水周围不断地监督，在水池周围安装围栏和栅栏，并且知道心肺复苏术。当您和您的孩子参加游泳课程时，您可以参加。-准备好冒险了。