Parent & Me

Confident Parents. Safer Kids.

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Empowering Parents From the Start

The Palekana Parent & Me Approach:

Our Parent & Me class is a safety-first, instructor-led program designed to empower parents with the knowledge, skills and hands-on experience needed to support safe, confident water exposure from the very beginning.

Rooted in the belief that the sooner, the safer, this class focuses on early water familiarity, foundational safety habits and parent education—because drowning remains the leading cause of accidental death for children ages 1-4. By introducing water in a thoughtful, developmentally appropriate way, families can begin building safer relationships with water early on.

This small-group class guides parents through how to support their child safely in the water while building comfort, body awareness and intentional, safety-focused water exposure.

In addition to in-water practice, parents receive ongoing guidance, water safety education and tips they can use at home. Helping the entire family build safer routines around bath time, pools and open water.

By creating consistent, positive experiences with water early on, this program helps build familiarity, reduce fear and lay the groundwork for confident, capable swimmers.

Ages: 4 months - 4+ years

Frequently Asked Questions:

  • In Parent & Me, children begin building early, safety-focused water familiarity through intentional, supported experiences alongside their parent or caregiver.

    Depending on age and development, children will work on:

    • Becoming comfortable with water on and over the face

    • Becoming comfortable with ears in the water while in a supported back float

    • Calm, controlled body positioning

    • Early body awareness in the water

    • Remaining calm during supported water exposure

    • Building positive associations with water through consistency

    Older children will also begin practicing early safety behaviors such as safely grabbing the pool wall or stairs while continuing to build comfort with water on the face and ears.

    All skills are taught with direct parent involvement, close supervision and instructor guidance. This class is not about independence in the water, it’s about building early familiarity, comfort and safety habits that support safer behaviors around water from the very beginning.

  • Each Parent & Me class is 20 minutes long and offered twice per week.

    Shorter class times are intentional for this age group, keeping experiences positive, engaging and developmentally appropriate.

  • Early, supported exposure to water helps children begin building familiarity, comfort and safety-focused habits from the very beginning.

    Drowning remains the leading cause of accidental death for children ages 1-4, which is why early water education is so important. In Parent & Me, children are not expected to be independent in the water. Instead, they participate in intentional, safety-focused water exposure alongside a parent or caregiver with direct instructor guidance.

    These early, consistent experiences help children become more comfortable with water on the face and ears, learn calm body positioning and begin forming safer habits around water. At the same time, parents gain practical water safety knowledge they can use at home and in real-life situation.

    This class is part of one layer of protection, not a replacement for swim lessons, supervision or physical barriers. We believe in multiple layers of protection and education is one of the most important.

    Starting early means building a safer foundation for every stage that follows.