Supervision is the vital key in preventing children under 5 years of age from drowning. There is no substitute for quality supervision.

Quality supervision means keeping your eyes on your child at all times. It only takes a few seconds for a child to drown.

Most infant drownings occur when their supervisor leaves, even for a moment, to answer the phone or open the door. Checking on children every five minutes is not enough. Calling out or listening for them is no substitute for constant visual contact.

Children don't make a sound when they drown.