Mother whose son drowned defends teaching her six-month-old how to swim

A US mother has been forced to defend footage posted online that shows her young baby learning to keep herself afloat in a swimming pool.

Keri Morrison from Florida lost her son Jake in a drowning accident three years ago when he was two and she’s determined that her other children will know what to do if they ever fall in the water.

In the tense video posted to Facebook earlier this month, her daughter Josie - who was six-months-old at the time - is shown sitting at the edge of the pool before she’s coaxed in with a sandal.