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re: Is teaching your kids how to swim one of the basic fundamentals of good parenting?
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:41 pm to 13SaintTiger
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:41 pm to 13SaintTiger
yes. seems like a no brainer. I'm always shocked when I meet people who can't swim.
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Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:41 pm to 13SaintTiger
It depends on where you live.
How many people live with no swimming pools and streams that dry up in summer? A lot.
Good parenting has to go hand in hand with recognizing what it takes to have 'good sense'.
Know what snakes are poisonous. Know what poison ivy/oak/sumac are. How to hand a bad case of Nettles. How to handle a knife, a gun, a bad encounter with the opposite sex.
In Germany, I remember being surprised that swimming was a part of the local school curriculum and being able to tread water for an hour was required for graduation.
How many people live with no swimming pools and streams that dry up in summer? A lot.
Good parenting has to go hand in hand with recognizing what it takes to have 'good sense'.
Know what snakes are poisonous. Know what poison ivy/oak/sumac are. How to hand a bad case of Nettles. How to handle a knife, a gun, a bad encounter with the opposite sex.
In Germany, I remember being surprised that swimming was a part of the local school curriculum and being able to tread water for an hour was required for graduation.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:54 pm to dallastiger55
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why is it that most black kids cant swim? Ive never understood that
Did you read the op?
Posted on 7/9/18 at 1:59 pm to 13SaintTiger
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why is it that most black kids cant swim? Ive never understood that
Im pretty sure all Mexican kids can swim. I understand this.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 2:07 pm to EveryoneGetsATrophy
My kids 8 and can swim but can’t tread water. Has had swim lessons and I was blown away that they didn’t teach them to tread water.
Learning to tread water should be the first thing taught to them!!
He can’t ride a bike though so I guess I failed as a parent. I’ve tried but he just don’t give a shite about it
Learning to tread water should be the first thing taught to them!!
He can’t ride a bike though so I guess I failed as a parent. I’ve tried but he just don’t give a shite about it
Posted on 7/9/18 at 2:31 pm to ell_13
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It’s a pretty essential survival skill imo.
I have never had to swim for survival
I only swim for pleasure and used to swim for sport. Some people just don’t have easy access to a pool
Posted on 7/9/18 at 2:32 pm to TexasTiger1185
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I have never had to swim for survival
yet
Posted on 7/9/18 at 2:37 pm to MorbidTheClown
I also know how to stand on solid ground, so I doubt I’ll be falling into water anytime
Posted on 7/9/18 at 2:43 pm to 13SaintTiger
I knew how to swim already at the time, but my fifth grade year I went to public school in Massachusetts. Once a month or so the class would go to a local natatorium and they’d test us on a free swim and back stroke...iirc we had to complete 50 meters to “graduate”.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 2:46 pm to TexasTiger1185
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I have never had to swim for survival
Any time your feet can't touch in the deep end, you are swimming for survival
Posted on 7/9/18 at 2:47 pm to 13SaintTiger
yes, scary that you had to ask
Posted on 7/9/18 at 2:48 pm to btnetigers
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I have a black friend that can't swim. Did he have bad parents?
I would say yes, why wouldn't you teach your kid something that increases his chances to "live" a complete life
Posted on 7/9/18 at 2:54 pm to Triggerr
As a kid, swimming lessons were terrifying. Have methods evolved beyond being tossed back and forth between two adults in the deep end of the pool?
Posted on 7/9/18 at 2:54 pm to Box Geauxrilla
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Any time your feet can't touch in the deep end, you are swimming for survival
If I’m in a pool it’s by choice and for recreation. If I couldn’t swim I wouldn’t be in the deep end of a pool. So , no it’s not.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 2:56 pm to BulldogXero
quote:Yes. Now it's just one adult and he/she throws you as far as he/she can and you have to swim back.
Have methods evolved beyond being tossed back and forth between two adults in the deep end of the pool?
Posted on 7/9/18 at 2:57 pm to TexasTiger1185
quote:And if you fell in?
If I’m in a pool it’s by choice and for recreation. If I couldn’t swim I wouldn’t be in the deep end of a pool. So , no it’s not.
This is a weird hill to die on. You sound really stupid.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 3:01 pm to deeprig9
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Until the mid 70's, public swimming pools didn't let black people swim. So today's kid's grandparents never learned to swim, therefore never taught their kids to swim, therefore today's kids aren't being taught to swim.
Did bodies of water not exist before public swimming pools? Did people not swim before swimming pools?
Your reason doesn’t hold water
Posted on 7/9/18 at 4:18 pm to fishfighter
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black Marines
We referred to them as "dark green" Marines!
ETA: you may have known some recruits that couldn't swim, but you don't know any Marines that cant swim
This post was edited on 7/9/18 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 7/9/18 at 4:32 pm to 13SaintTiger
So, every day in the US ten people die from accidental drowning. Two out of those ten are children, fourteen or younger.
Yes, it's a life skill that every parent should teach their children. As someone else pointed out, it's never too late to learn how to swim.
Yes, it's a life skill that every parent should teach their children. As someone else pointed out, it's never too late to learn how to swim.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 4:56 pm to 13SaintTiger
Taught daughter at 6 months.
Underwater.
She swam for a school fundraiser. 8 yrs old. A mile.
My grandfather inpired me beyond dog paddle when I was 4.
Huge pool. Jones beach,
Underwater.
She swam for a school fundraiser. 8 yrs old. A mile.
My grandfather inpired me beyond dog paddle when I was 4.
Huge pool. Jones beach,
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