Rebecca Adlington, Olympic gold medallist, discusses swimming as a life skill, costly lessons, and her son Albie's poolside refusal.

Decades of navigating unprecedented social, technological, and cultural shifts have refined a generation’s perspective on ...

Kids in the 1970s learned several life skills that modern parenting has pretty much wiped out of children today.

Most sports fans spent their summer tracking their favorite baseball teams and the Michael Vick scandal. I lived in isolation in the mountains, preoccupied with a less conventional sport: whitewater ...

While the struggles and challenges of modern adulthood aren’t lost on baby boomers, many of whom worry that their adult children will be worse off than they were at the same age, their childhood ...

Do you know how to swim well enough to save your life? NPR's Life Kit lays out the five basic water safety and swimming skills that can help prevent drowning. Most Americans, 85%, say they can swim, ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A summer youth camp is checkmating boredom by teaching kids how to play chess. At just 8 years old, Coale Devish is no stranger to the game of chess. He said he’s been ...

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Elementary school-aged students lined up on red dots in a classroom-like setting prepared to talk about their 4-H projects, which they had worked on for several months. They ...

Working on your own car is both fun and cost-effective. But it's also another, secret third thing: educational. Wrenching can teach you all sorts of new skills, from wiring and diagnostics to things ...

Melissa Shields described her 3-year-old daughter, Zola, as “cautious” during the few times the toddler had been in a pool. As Saturday's free swimming lesson progressed at the Westbury High School ...