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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS4 loves the water - he will swim (with floaties and an adult very close) all day, jumping in / going under etc.  He is adamant though that he doesn't ever want to swim without floaties and that he will not participate in a swim lesson (even with his older brother). If I try to get him to learn with me, he will just sit on the side and refuse to get back in saying he'd rather not swim than swim without his floaties.  he is a very very stubborn kid when he wants to dig in

I want him to learn to swim for water safety.  I've seen kids scared of the water forced in and am not sure of the usefulness of that, but he's not scared of the water he just does not want to do a swim class or learn to actually swim. He does hate symbols of growing up (had to be forced off bottles, out of crib, off pacis, out of diapers etc).  Anyone been in this situation or have any tips.[/quote]

It sounds like you know what motivates your child since you have successfully forced them along to new stages. What worked for my middle child was seeing her older sibling swimming and getting more comfortable separating from us but she started at swim lessons at 2 so she hadn't built up years of resisting swimming (although she did cry through an entire 30 minute weekly swim class over a four month period when she was 1 so that was tough). Is this about being embarrassed or scared? Has he said anything to you about either of those things. [/quote]

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