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Posted on 5/21/21 at 10:18 am to Cotten
I'm sure there were more than a few non-swimmers that suddenly realized once they marched them to the deep end of the pool that swimming was kind of a needed thing to know in the Navy.
Posted on 5/21/21 at 10:24 am to Cotten
Everyone should learn to swim so early they can't remember a time when they couldn't swim.
Posted on 5/21/21 at 10:26 am to Cotten
In Australia, it's mandated in schools... it would make sense to bring it back into schools in US coastal areas at least. Or have free ISR programs for new parents given through the park districts.
This post was edited on 5/21/21 at 10:31 am
Posted on 5/21/21 at 10:31 am to Cotten
Posted on 5/21/21 at 11:00 am to Joshjrn
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Outside of some extremely rare exceptions involving health and access, anyone who doesn't make sure their children are taught how to swim are bad parents.
While I agree, just over half of Americans can swim with adequate survival skill.
Posted on 5/21/21 at 11:08 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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I know several people that learned how to swim by their dad throwing them in the deep end. They wouldn't have let them drown, but the kid thought they would at the time.
This is exactly how I learned, in a swimming pool somewhere in Florida. I'm kind of relieved to hear I'm not the only one
Posted on 5/21/21 at 11:11 am to The Third Leg
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While I agree, just over half of Americans can swim with adequate survival skill.
I'm perfectly comfortable saying over half of Americans had bad parents
Posted on 5/21/21 at 11:13 am to Cotten
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Ive read through various sources that close to half of the US cannot swim.
I wa thinking more 13-14% instead of 50%
Posted on 5/21/21 at 11:13 am to Joshjrn
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I'm perfectly comfortable saying over half of Americans had bad parents
it's a moot label. you cannot expect a large group of people with little to no cultural/experiential knowledge of water safety to just all of a sudden value it because it makes them "good".
This post was edited on 5/21/21 at 11:14 am
Posted on 5/21/21 at 11:25 am to Slagathor
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it's a moot label. you cannot expect a large group of people with little to no cultural/experiential knowledge of water safety to just all of a sudden value it because it makes them "good".
Every summer, there’s a rash of news stories of kids who can’t swim drowning. If you don’t know, you’d better call somebody.
Posted on 5/21/21 at 11:30 am to Joshjrn
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If you don’t know, you’d better call somebody.
I'm not saying it's not bad parenting... I'm just saying labels don't compel people to act differently (especially if the way you want them to act is culturally all but off their radar).
Posted on 5/21/21 at 11:57 am to Slagathor
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I'm not saying it's not bad parenting... I'm just saying labels don't compel people to act differently (especially if the way you want them to act is culturally all but off their radar).
And I’m saying that your attempt at policing word choice on an anonymous forum as though it was proposed copy edit for a PSA is divorced from reality.
Posted on 5/21/21 at 12:30 pm to Cotten
I’ve got two black guys that work with me, neither can swim nor can their wife or children
Posted on 5/21/21 at 12:31 pm to Cotten
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This morning I received scary news that the 8 year old daughter of a lifelong family friend fell in their pond while playing at night in the backyard with friends and came incredibly close to drowning.
She didn’t know to stand up in 6 inches of water?
Posted on 5/21/21 at 12:32 pm to Cotten
I’m in the middle of trying to teach my kids and have had quite a few nightmares about it. Have had to pull both of them out the pool at different times when I was standing right there.
The worst is when you aren’t the only adult around, you have to fight the urge and not let your guard down. Do not ever assume someone is watching out for your kids around water.
The worst is when you aren’t the only adult around, you have to fight the urge and not let your guard down. Do not ever assume someone is watching out for your kids around water.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 5:03 pm to Cotten
We are at a hotel pool right now. There are four kids in the pool right now that cannot swim. I don’t understand the thinking.
Three black kids with inner tubes and one other little girl that struggles to just dog-paddle, I’m watching like a hawk, as she plays with my daughter. The three non-swimming black kids? Their parents aren’t even here!!!
One lesson and a kid can possibly save themselves. Four lessons and the kid can pretty much swim.
I’m guessing parents think since the pool maxes out at 5’, it must be safe? Ugh.
Three black kids with inner tubes and one other little girl that struggles to just dog-paddle, I’m watching like a hawk, as she plays with my daughter. The three non-swimming black kids? Their parents aren’t even here!!!
One lesson and a kid can possibly save themselves. Four lessons and the kid can pretty much swim.
I’m guessing parents think since the pool maxes out at 5’, it must be safe? Ugh.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 5:07 pm to Cotten
I think everyone would be surprised at how many adults cannot swim, either. Because they can't, they are terrified of water, but inevitably put themselves in jeopardy.
Posted on 5/23/21 at 5:18 pm to p&g
Nearly half of adults can't swim well enough to save themselves Only 56% of adults can perform the five basic skills needed to swim and exit the water safely.
OP was basically right. While 80 percent claim to know how to swim, only 56 percent claim the below skills:
I would say if you don’t have those skills, then you can’t swim,
OP was basically right. While 80 percent claim to know how to swim, only 56 percent claim the below skills:
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Those skills are: floating or treading for 1 minute, jumping into deep water and coming up for air, spinning around in the water and then finding a way out, getting out of a pool without a ladder and swimming one pool length without stopping.
I would say if you don’t have those skills, then you can’t swim,
This post was edited on 5/23/21 at 5:20 pm
Posted on 5/23/21 at 5:33 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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getting out of a pool without a ladder
Since the majority of people are fatties, I believe it they can’t pull themselves out
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