If your kids swam at a young age, without a lot of lessons, did you . . .

[Anonymous]

I think early swimming is a survival skill and prioritized starting with swim classes starting at six months. These early classes focused on being comfortable in the water. Singing, dancing, dumping cups of water on their heads, collecting balls, etc. Lots of safe lake and ocean exposure (life jacket, parent in water), etc. Summer swim and club swimming grew out of that, but my parents growing up didn’t do any of that, just threw me in the pool, and informal swim lessons after that. I then was on high school swim and trained as a lifeguard which I think is an essential skill that provides job skills for later in life - so we will mandate and pay for this when kids are teens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I made sure to buy a house with a built-in pool for maximum practice time. My children are not stopped by such nuisances as lightning or thunder. I also planned my pregnancy with DS to be born in early June. Never too early to make sure he’s set up for success in NVSL.

I hope this is a joke. A lightening strike in water is a fast fast way to die.