Any longer swim lessons available - longer than one hour?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. The very basics survival in the water types of skills for an adult and 10yo.

I would never, never trust yourself or your child in the water based on anything that you did for only one day, OP. It's completely OK that you don't have a barometer for this, and it's a terrific decision that you want yourself and your child to learn, but the PPs here are completely right: you can do something intensive that lasts a couple of weeks to help you reach beginner acclimation, but you can't get there in a day.

It is also critically important never to assume that you, your child, or anyone else is actually "safe" in the water. You can have extraordinary skill, strength, and experience, and still end up in dangerous trouble - or worse - based just on what happens around you with people, the environment, or sheer chance. Make sure that you learn as much as possible about the basic, intellectual side of water safety: buddy systems, having eyes on your own children literally at all times, appropriate depth in the water, limitations of flotation devices, signs of struggle, etc. Kids who are weak swimmers combined with parents who don't really understand the liabilities (and who believe that lifeguards are some kind of magic, protective charm, which they simply cannot be) are a recipe for tragedy.